0 a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements -- 保守的陳述；輕描淡寫
It is an understatement to say that the confusion and conflict that the problems will create are a lawyer's paradise.
Hickson summarised the findings with the cautious understatement that even among families who had suffered serious losses, money may not be the only motivation for filing suit.
They tried to correct the systematic understatement of the projected tax subsidies, but were not able to make all of the necessary corrections because of lack of data.
This seems rather an understatement.
Kearney's note that "to raise these points is to recognise that there were inevitable political overtones to our conference" (251) is surely an understatement.
This qualification was an understatement: the film is utterly depressing.
To call this 'the right man in the right place' is surely going to the extremes of understatement.
To say that it mediated action between construction and autonomy is an understatement and depends too much on the ambiguous definition of mediation.
