understatement — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Danh từ

1. A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.

   Cách dùng

   • rhetoric
   • không đếm được
   • usually

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   meiosis

   Từ trái nghĩa

   auxesishyperbole

   Ví dụ

   A master of understatement

   And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.

2. An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.

   Cách dùng

   • đếm được
   • usually

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   trivialization

   Từ trái nghĩa

   exaggerationoverstatement

   Ví dụ

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   Cách dùng

   • không đếm được
   • usually

Danh từ

1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

   Từ trái nghĩa

   overstatement

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   statement