understatement(低调陈述)_讲解英语中低调陈述的用法1

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Understatement,的分类,1),以弱说代替强说,2）以反说代替正说,3）用弦外音委婉表达,1,There was,a slight disturbance,in the Soviet Union last year, which caused the disintegration of the country.,(,苏联出了一点小乱子，导致了这个国家的解体),把,重大的政治动乱,说成是“出了一点小乱子” (,a slight disturbance,）,这种含蓄的,轻描淡写,给人造成了,极其强烈,的印象。,1,）,以弱说代替强说,2,1),The face,wasnt,a bad one,; it had what they called charm.,意即The face was sweet; her charm conquered everybody.,明似贬抑，实则褒扬，不是冲淡她的魅力，而是采用,低调渲染强调,她的魅力,2）以反说代替正说,3,可以,减轻说话者的语气和对事物的评价，避免绝对化。,no/not/never/none/little/hardly,ect+否定词或短语/带否定词缀(dis-,non-,un-,-less,etc.),这种方式，常使用,no, not, never, none,以及否定词缀等否定词或否定表达方法来表述肯定的内容，,very good,可以用,not bad,来代替，这种表达方式在修辞学中叫做“曲言法”,Litotes,4,3）用弦外音委婉表达。,He is something of Hamlet in politics.,(政治上他有点像哈姆雷特),借助,something of,显示出,讽刺,的意味，言外之意是“他优柔寡断、心慈手软，注定要成为哈姆雷特式的悲剧性人物”,5,