understatement的例句大全

The Hostess: To say that you've come a long way is an understatement.

女主持: 说你历经千辛万苦一点也不为过.

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He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.

他极力轻描淡写地跟我们说他感到失望。

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'A little strange'is a gross understatement.

“ 有一点奇怪”绝对是轻描淡写.

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Hyperbole and understatement are two chief rhetorical figures in English language.

夸张与含蓄陈述是英语中两种主要的修辞手段.

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He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.

说他很不好相处，那简直是说得太客气了。

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It is a hopeless understatement to say that I am deeply grateful.

只是一句“我深深地感谢”远不足以表达我的谢意.

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To say we were pleased is an understatement (= we were extremely pleased) .

说我们高兴，那是轻描淡写。

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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).

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The description above is quite an understatement.

上文的评价其实很保守.

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To call this CD amazingly satisfying is a gross understatement.

称这张CD令人惊叹与满意只是一个保守说法.

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Alex Ferguson deliberately chose understatement when calling their upcoming 10 days merely interesting.

亚历克斯·弗格森刻意选择了轻描淡写，将即将到来的10天称为仅仅是有趣而已。

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To say Goop has its detractors would be an understatement.

说有人诋毁Goop算是客气的了。

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Part II lists some frequently used ways of formation of English euphemism, including loanwords, widening or narrowing of meaning, formed by rhetorical application-metaphorical transfer, understatement and rhyming slang, phonetic distortion, semantic shift, and omission.

第二部分阐述了英语委婉语的主要构成方法：包括借用外来语，词义扩大或缩小，隐喻转换，降格陈述，语音畸变，语义转换，借用压韵俚语和省略。

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Ptolemy is a family to say that they are disfunctional is an understatement.

托勒密家族是一个畸形的家族，这是一个保守的说法。

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'We both have an interesting 10 days coming up,' said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.

亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说：“我们都即将迎来愉快的10天。”

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Misidentification is perhaps an understatement here.

误认在这里也许是一种轻描淡写。

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The past and contemporary scholars have done a large amount of research work on ellipsis, understatement, hint, transferred epithet, empty category and zero form and their work leaves rich experience for the fulfillment of this thesis.

前辈学者和时贤对省略、隐含、暗示、移位、零形式、空语类等现象都进行了大量的研究，他们的工作为本文作者的研究积累了丰富的经验。

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ALDA's "improperly intrude" depiction is an understatement.

阿尔达的“不当入侵”的描述是轻描淡写。

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Then are aposiopesis and clauses lead by interrogative words" what, how or why", replacing taboo words with vague expressions and understatement, metaphor and hyperbole.

然后是说话中断，疑问词什么，怎么及为什么引导的从句，用来代替禁忌语的模糊表达，保守陈述，隐喻及夸张。

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Describing my feeling, upon seeing it, as thunderstruck would be an understatement.

如果要说我当时的感受, 说是被雷击了都不过分.

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