litotes

noun

/laɪˈtəʊtiːz/

[uncountable] (specialist)

词汇	litotes
释义	litotes noun /laɪˈtəʊtiːz/ /laɪˈtəʊtiːz/ [uncountable] (specialist) the use of a negative or weak statement to emphasize a positive meaning, for example he wasn’t slow to accept the offer (= he was quick to accept the offer)反叙法，曲言（用否定或较弱的语气加强表示肯定） compare understatement Wordfinder alliteration euphemism figure of speech hyperbole image litotes metaphor metonymy onomatopoeia paradox Topics Languagec2 词源late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek litotēs, from litos ‘plain, meagre’.
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