單詞
litotes
英 [la?'t??ti?z]
美[la?'totiz]
基本信息
- n. 曲言法；間接肯定法；反敘法
英英釋意
- 1. understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary);
- "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
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