litotes是什么意思_litotes怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

中英词源

litotes 反叙法（用否定或较弱的证据加强表示肯定）

来自希腊语litotes,平白，浅显，来自PIE*slei,黏的，滑的，词源同lime,slime,littoral.用于指语言学反叙法。wwW.wEnTIYi.com

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1. from Greek litotes, literally "plainness, simplicity," from litos "smooth, plain, small, meager".
2. It is principally via double negatives. For example, rather than saying that something is attractive (or even very attractive), one might merely say it is "not unattractive".
3. Litotes is a form of understatement.

litotes是什么意思，litotes怎么读

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