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    understatement

    详细解释:n. 软弱无力的陈述, 克制的说法
    【经】 少报

    英语解释:

    名词 understatement:

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

    例句:

    A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as in This is no small problem.间接肯定法用有节制的陈述所构成一种修辞手法,即通过否定其反面来表达肯定的意思,例如在这并不是一个小问题中