understatement
US /ˌʌndɚˈstetmənt, ˈʌndɚˌstet-/
・UK /ˈʌndəsteɪtmənt/
B2 中高級多益
n. (u.)不可數名詞輕描淡寫
Jim tends to exaggerate, while Mike is a master of understatement
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【美式夫妻日常對話】從「兄弟食物喜好大不同」學道地英文！ (アメリカ人夫婦の会話から学ぶ自然な英語「兄弟でも全然違う食べ物の好み」)
- I think that's an understatement. Not a lot more. That guy...
我認為這是輕描淡寫。沒有更多了那傢伙...
- I think that's an understatement.
他總是要求更多，對嗎？
移民、工作或留學加拿大：雅思(IELTS)還是思培(CELPIP)？哪個更適合你？ (Live, Work, or Study in Canada: IELTS or CELPIP?)
- And to say it's a process, that's not an understatement, because it is a huge process.
說這是一個過程，一點也不為過，因為這是一個巨大的過程。
- And to say it's a process, that's not an understatement, because it is a huge process.
說這是一個過程，一點也不為過，因為這是一個巨大的過程。
心靈時鐘：續集 (2008) (Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008))
- Now, if this reality of inherent and perpetual inflation seems absurd and economically self-defeating, hold that thought, for absurdity is an understatement in regard to how our financial system really operates.
然後進一步用各種銀行業術語
- Hold that thought. For absurdity is an understatement in regard to how our financial system really operates.
錢 以一種便捷的個人貸款形式
10首超讚的翻唱外語歌曲！你聽過幾首？ (Top 10 Foreign Language Covers That Are Actually Awesome)
- to say that it works would be an understatement.
說它奏效絕對是輕描淡寫了。
- but to say that it works would be an understatement.
翻唱歌曲很少能像這首一樣有趣又有創意。
灌籃高手 - 宮城良田！日本一奪冠後，他的去向竟然是...？ (The Boys - Hughie & Starlight Kiss (S1E6) | Movieclips)
- It's an understatement.
真是輕描淡寫。
- It's an understatement.
這不是最有創意的名字，但我們還是走吧。 不，我可以學打鋼鼓 你可以梳玉米辮
