‘These figures are a bit disappointing. ’ ‘That's got to be the understatement of the year . ’
“这些数字有点令人失望。” “那一定是本年度最保守的说法了。”
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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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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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Oh come on, you know that's a gross understatement. She's an absolute beauty.
喔,少来了, 不用讲你也知道那是个粗略的保守说法. 她绝对是个大美人.
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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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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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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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'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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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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And probably the understatement of all time would be that I have learned a lot along the way.
一直以来保守的说法是,一路上我学到了很多。
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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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