HENRY KISSINGER was guilty of understatement when he said that power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
亨利?基辛格曾说权利是最有效的催情剂.
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With regards to optics, the Abt AS 8 communicates pure understatement.
对于以光学技术, 阿布特AS8通信纯轻描淡写.
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Like all craftsmen, hackers like good tools . Infact , that's an understatement.
就像所有的手艺人那样, 黑客最喜欢的是好的工具.
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He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.
他极力轻描淡写地跟我们说他感到失望。
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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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Hyperbole and understatement are two chief rhetorical figures in English language.
夸张与含蓄陈述是英语中两种主要的修辞手段.
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He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.
说他很不好相处，那简直是说得太客气了。
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Understatement is always the absolute best way to put forth earth-shaking ideas.
轻描淡写是提出重大思想的绝好方法.
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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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