understatement
n
(a) [U] (action or practice of) understating 有节制的陈述或表达; 少说; 少报
a clever use of understatement, eg for effect 巧妙地轻描淡写(如为获得某种效果).
(b) [C] statement that expresses an idea, etc too weakly 重事轻说; 轻描淡写
To say that he was displeased is an understatement, ie He was furious. 说他不高兴是重事轻说(他已怒不可遏).
🗣️ 情景例句
Do you have any magazines I can read during the flight?
你们机上有杂志给我看吗?
I get up before six o'clock every day.
每天我六点前起床。
Gandhi returned to India in 1915 and was honoured as a hero.