| 释义 |
ˈunderstater
[f. understate v. + -er1.]
One who understates or avoids overstatement.
1957New Yorker 2 Nov. 114/3 Mr. Sinatra..is probably not a natural-born understater. 1977P. Ustinov Dear Me vii. 96 Britain had already supplied Hollywood with a whole battalion of elegant understaters, immaculate actors of the Du Maurier school, who..were able to play anything..without their assumed characters..being allowed to affect their performances. |