| 释义 |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 | | understatement nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (not stating full case) (克制) | 轻描淡写，重事轻说
| | | (不完整，被掩饰) | 不予以完全说明，少说，少报
| | | Members of the opposition accused the minister of deliberate understatement of the problem. Saying Bruce is not too clever is something of an understatement. | | understatement nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | figurative (subtlety) (流行时尚) | 简约低调
| | | This season's fashion is all about understatement: simple clothes and the barest of accessories. | | | 当季流行的是简约低调：简单的服饰再搭配上毫不复杂的配饰。 |
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: understatement ['^nd&steItm&nt] n [c/u] 轻(輕)描淡写(寫)的陈(陳)述 qīng miáo dàn xiě de chénshù 在这些条目还发现'understatement'： 在英文解释里： litotes |