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单词 understatement
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understatement
noun[SorU]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈsteɪt.mənt/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈsteɪt.mənt/
astatementthatdescribessomething in a way that makes itseemlessimportant,serious,bad, etc. than it really is, or theactof making suchstatements:
保守的陈述； 轻描淡写
To say that herresignationwas ashockwould be an understatement - itcausedpanic.说她辞职令人震惊过于轻描淡写了——实际上引起了恐慌。
"It didn't go well? " "That'stheunderstatementof theyear/decade/century. It was adisaster."事情进展不顺利？“这是本年度／十年来／本世纪最温和的说法。那是场灾难。”
Opposites
exaggeration
overstatement
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
  • bloviate
  • blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
  • cartoonish
  • catastrophize
  • dramatization
  • dramatize
  • exaggerate
  • minimize
  • OTT
  • over-egg
  • overboard
  • overdramatic
  • overdramatize
  • overembellish
  • overplay
  • overstatement
  • pile
  • proportion
  • stretch the truthidiom
  • understate
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(Definition ofunderstatementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

understatement| Business English

understatement
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/us
astatementthat something is muchsmaller, much lessimportant, or much lessseriousthan it really is:
It's an understatement to say theworkersareworriedabouttheirfutures.
with understatementThereportsays with understatement, 'there is still muchscopeforreform'.
understatement of the century/decade/yearTo say he's beenbusywould be the understatement of theyear.

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overstatement
(Definition ofunderstatementfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunderstatement

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In this harmonically very unpretentious movement the composer achieves genuine poetry throughunderstatementand delicate sculpting, especially of the sinuous line for solo alto.
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To say that the object permanence literature is an unwieldy one is something of anunderstatement.
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Otherwise, the editors' claim is that 'it can be used for a wider range of purposes than most conventional grammars', is something of anunderstatement.
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Most readers of the book will be convinced that this is a clearunderstatement.
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To say that they were lucky is somewhat of anunderstatement!
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To brand such "treatment" as subhuman is anunderstatement.
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Many of the examples involve irony, sarcasm, satire,understatement, or hyperbole, requiring the listener to figure out what the nonliteral intention of the speaker is.
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To say that it mediated action between construction and autonomy is anunderstatementand depends too much on the ambiguous definition of mediation.
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To call this 'the right man in the right place' is surely going to the extremes ofunderstatement.
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This qualification was anunderstatement: the film is utterly depressing.
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Kearney's note that "to raise these points is to recognise that there were inevitable political overtones to our conference" (251) is surely anunderstatement.
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This seems rather anunderstatement.
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They tried to correct the systematicunderstatementof the projected tax subsidies, but were not able to make all of the necessary corrections because of lack of data.
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Hickson summarised the findings with the cautiousunderstatementthat even among families who had suffered serious losses, money may not be the only motivation for filing suit.
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It is anunderstatementto say that the confusion and conflict that the problems will create are a lawyer's paradise.
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