首页英语词典understatementunderstatement英英释意

understatement

英 [ʌndə'steɪtm(ə)nt; 'ʌndə-] 美['ʌndɚstetmənt]
  • n. 保守的陈述;不充分的陈述;有保留的陈述

英英释意


1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said