1. The fact is , this is a guy for whom the phrase "been there, done that"is an understatement. 事实上,仅用“去过那儿,做过什么”来形容他的经历还是远远不够的。
2. To say the surgeons here are operating under difficult circumstances is clearly an understatement. 要说外科医师在困难的环境中动手术,这样一点也不为过。
3. Voluminous empirical evidence now available shows that the statement, far from being an exaggeration, probably was an understatement. 实际上大量的证据表明,这种说法非但没有夸大甚至还可能是打了折扣的。
英英解释
n.
1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said