| 单词 | to put it mildly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put it mildly b. colloquial. to put it mildly: to describe or express without exaggeration. Frequently used with ironic understatement to imply that the reality is more extreme, and typically worse. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [phrase] > understatement to put it mildly1870 1870 Punchinello 1 214 The Chronicle..talks of bobstays and main-top-bowlines and poop-down-hauls in a manner that, to put it mildly, is confusing. 1897 Daily News 20 July 5/1 The Duke is not, to put it mildly, proud, and he cannot apparently be ‘gingered’ into the semblance of a manly attitude. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 439 What I'm wondering to myselfwhose for there's a strong tendency, to put it mildly, by making me the medium. 1949 E. E. Cummings Let. 9 July (1969) 191 Thank you much more than kindly for a most (putting it very mildly) luxurious gift. 1972 Listener 6 Apr. 448/3 Suggestions that conditions [on Mars] may periodically change, causing torrential rainfall every 25,000 years or so, are—to put it mildly—highly speculative as yet. 1998 Indianapolis Star 20 Aug. d5/3 To say that Georgetown made the most of its second chance would be putting it mildly, considering the Michigan champions outscored their final three opponents by a combined score of 31–6. < as lemmas |
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