Understatement
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成人 Adult Edu
n. 軟弱無力的陳述, 克制的說法\\n[經] 少報
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understatement
n
(a) [U] (action or practice of) understating 有節制的陳述或表達; 少說; 少報
a clever use of understatement, eg for effect 巧妙地輕描淡寫（如為獲得某種效果）.
(b) [C] statement that expresses an idea, etc too weakly 重事輕說; 輕描淡寫
To say that he was displeased is an understatement, ie He was furious. 說他不高興是重事輕說（他已怒不可遏）.
??? 情景例句
a way to encourage reading.
鼓勵閱讀的辦法。
I'm sorry I'm late. I overslept again.
抱歉我來晚了。我又睡過頭了。
What's your general impression,may I ask?
不知您對我們廠總的印象如何？