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1. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.
说我很失望是很轻的说法。

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2. He always goes for subtlety and understatement in his movies.
他总是在自己的电影中运用细腻刻画和淡化手法。

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3. "We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.
“未来10天对双方来说都会非常有趣。”,亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说。

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4. This is a grand understatement.
这么说明显是轻描淡写了,在我们行走时,好像在参加一个“狼先生,现在几点了?”

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5. To say I was despondent is an understatement.
说我有些沮丧已经算是轻描淡写了。

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6. The first love, still cannot understatement.
第一次的爱,始终无法轻描淡写。

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7. That was a record, and probably an understatement.
这个是一个记录,或许还太轻描淡写了一些。

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8. I guess that would be the understatement of the year.
我猜想这将是轻描淡写的一年。

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9. To say it is a large-scale piece is an understatement.
如果说这是一个大规模的一块是轻描淡写。

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10. To say a visit it is worth a detour is an understatement.
如果说这是一个值得绕道而去的地方,那么这种说法显然无法完全体现出该博物馆的价值。

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11. To say we are overworked and underpaid is an understatement.
说我们工作过度、收入不足还只是含蓄的说法。

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12. To say these companies had long-term visions is an understatement.
若说这些公司拥有长远视野,这只是在轻描淡写而已。

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13. To say that confirmation would be thrilling is an understatement.
如果说这种确认将令人兴奋不已,那就说得太轻了。

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14. It was an honest response, and also something of an understatement.
这是个诚恳的回答,当然也有一些潜台词。

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15. Saying that virtualization is a hot technology today is an understatement.
目前,简单地将虚拟化称为一种热点技术似乎有些保守。

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16. To characterize Craigslist as just a classifieds site is a big understatement.
把Craigslist仅仅看做一个分类广告站点是大大地低估了它。

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17. To say that blogs experienced exponential growth is a bit of an understatement.
说博客经历了指数级增长是有点儿低估它了。

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18. Probably an understatement: A lot of times what people want is a listening ear.
保守来说就是:许多时候,人们只想有个倾吐对象。

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19. It would be an understatement to say the web has gotten faster in recent years.
web在近些年来已经变得更快了,不过这样的说法有些保守。

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20. To say the crowd and Panettiere were a bit stunned is a bit of an understatement.
用“吓晕了”来形容观众和潘妮蒂尔的反应都不为过。

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21. 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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22. He was accused of hyperbole but seems, rather, to have been guilty of understatement.
人们谴责他危言耸听,但现在看来,似乎应该是谴责他过于轻描淡写了。

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23. 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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24. To say that the last few years were not kind to the auto industry is a massive understatement.
要说过去几年汽车行业不景气,似乎过于轻描淡写。

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25. To say the surgeons here are operating under difficult circumstances is clearly an understatement.
要说外科医师在困难的环境中动手术,这样一点也不为过。

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26. To say that the stylesheets I have introduced in this article are simplistic would be an understatement.
如果要说本文中介绍的样式表很简单,就太过谨慎了。

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27. The present paper attempts to make a cursory comparison of understatement structures in English and Chinese.
本文从英语教学和英汉翻译的应用角度出发比较英汉低调陈述结构;

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28. The present paper attempts to make a cursory comparison of understatement structures in English and Chinese.
本文从英语教学和英汉翻译的应用角度出发比较英汉低调陈述结构;

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