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41 testing for understatement
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > testing for understatement
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42 that's an understatement!
Общая лексика: слишком мягко сказано!Универсальный англо-русский словарь > that's an understatement!
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43 make an understatement
умолчать о чем-либоАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > make an understatement
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44 age understatement
Англо-русский словарь по экономике и финансам > age understatement
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45 to make an understatement
умолчать (о чём-л.)Англо-русский современный словарь > to make an understatement
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46 age understatement
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > age understatement
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47 litotes
a two-component structure in which two negations are joined to give a possessive evaluation- the first component is always the negative particle "not", while the second, always negative in semantics, varies in form from a negatively affixed word (as above) to a negative phraseHer face was not unpretty. (K.Kesey)
It was not unnatural if Gilbert felt a certain embarrassment. (E.Waugh)
The idea was not totally erroneous. The thought did not displease me. (I.Murdoch)
Source: V.A.K.••a) is a stylistic device consisting of a peculiar use of negative constructions: the negation plus noun or adjective serves to establish a positive feature in a person or thing- is a deliberate understatement used to produce stylistic effect: it is a negation that includes affirmation;- is a means by which the natural logical and linguistic property of negation can be strengthened;He found that this was no easy task.
- is used in different styles of speech, excluding those which may be called the matter-of-fact styles, like official style and scientific proseb) a construction with two negationsnot unlike, not unpromising, not displeased
Soames, with his lips and his squared chin was not unlike a bull dog. (J.Galsworthy)
Source: I.R.G.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > litotes
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48 занижение
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > занижение
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49 занижение возраста
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > занижение возраста
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50 преуменьшение
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > преуменьшение
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51 underestimation
сущ. недооценка, умаление, преуменьшение, занижение Syn: underestimate, disparagement, understatement Underestimation underestimation недооценкаБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > underestimation
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52 overstatement
1) Общая лексика: преувеличение2) Экономика: завышение (напр. возраста)3) Бухгалтерия: завышение, завышение (противоположным является understatement - занижение) -
53 struggle
['strʌg(ə)l]1) Общая лексика: биться, борьба, всячески стараться, делать усилия, напряжение, отбиваться, отбиться, пробиваться, пробиться, ратовать, стараться изо всех сил, усилие, битва, бороться, драться, добиваться (for something), напялить (into a tight clothing), напяливать (into a tight clothing), барахтаться (синоним to flounder), схватка, выдавливать (из себя слова; "They are... very nice-looking," I struggled with the conspicuous understatement. (S. Meyer, Twilight)), с трудом пробираться3) История: побоище4) Сленг: танцевать5) Деловая лексика: испытывать трудности6) Пословица: проливать кровь (за кого, за что)7) Табуированная лексика: петтинг -
54 overstatement
(противоположным является understatement - занижение)
Специализированный англо-русский словарь бухгалтерских терминов > overstatement
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55 underestimation
[ˌʌnd(ə)rˌestɪ'meɪʃ(ə)n]сущ.недооценка, умаление, преуменьшение, занижениеSyn: -
56 hyperbole
a stylistic device in which emphasis is achieved through deliberate exaggerationIt does not signify the actual state of affairs in reality, but presents the latter through the emotionally coloured perception and rendering of the speaker.My vegetable love should grow faster than empires. (A.Marvell)
The man was like the Rock of Gibraltar.
Calpurnia was all angles and bones.
I was scared to death when he entered the room. (J.D.Salinger)
Source: V.A.K.••a deliberate overstatement or exaggeration of a feature essential (unlike periphrasis) to the object or phenomenon- is a device which sharpens the reader's ability to make a logical assessment of the utteranceHe was so tall that I was not sure he had a face. (O.Henry)
Source: I.R.G.••заведомое преувеличение, повышающее экспрессивность высказывания и сообщающее ему эмфатичность (I.V.A.)Ant.: understatementSee: lexical SDsEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > hyperbole
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57 lexical\ SDs
include: metaphor, personification; metonymy, synecdoche; cluster SDs; play on words, irony, epithet, hyperbole, understatement, oxymoronSee: set expressions, cluster SDs, syntactical SDs, lexico-syntactical SDs, stylistic deviceEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > lexical\ SDs
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58 lexical\ stylistic\ devices
include: metaphor, personification; metonymy, synecdoche; cluster SDs; play on words, irony, epithet, hyperbole, understatement, oxymoronSee: set expressions, cluster SDs, syntactical SDs, lexico-syntactical SDs, stylistic deviceEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > lexical\ stylistic\ devices
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59 the Granite State
амер."гранитный штат" ( прозвище штата Нью-Гемпшир) [в штате Нью-Гемпшир имеются большие гранитные карьеры]We know, of course, that each of our states is an individual and proud of it. Not content with their names, they take descriptive titles also - the Empire State, the Garden State, the Granite State - titles proudly borne and little given to understatement. (J. Steinbeck, ‘Travels with Charley’, part II) — Все мы, конечно, знаем, что наши штаты имеют каждый свое лицо, чем очень гордятся. Не довольствуясь официальным названием, они обзавелись еще прозвищем, отражающим это их лицо: Имперский штат, Штат-сад, Гранитный; они носят эти прозвища с такой гордостью, что их не заподозришь в недостатке самоуважения.
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60 hyperbole
n стил. гипербола, преувеличениеСинонимический ряд:exaggeration (noun) coloring; distortion; embellishment; embroidering; enhancement; exaggeration; magnification; metaphor; overstatement; poetic license; rhetorical overstatementАнтонимический ряд:
См. также в других словарях:
understatement — UK US /ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/ noun [C or U] ► a statement that something is much smaller, much less important, or much less serious than it really is: »It s an understatement to say the workers are worried about their futures. with understatement »The… … Financial and business terms
Understatement — is a form of speech in which a lesser expression is used than what would be expected. This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used in place of a harsher or more offensive expression.Understatement is a staple of humor… … Wikipedia
understatement — [œndœʀstɛtmənt] n. m. ÉTYM. V. 1960; mot angl. (1799), de under « au dessous », et statement « assertion ». ❖ ♦ Anglic. Affirmation en dessous de la vérité; litote. REM. Terme surtout employé par évocation d une forme d humour et de diplomatie… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Understatement — Un der*state ment, n. The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
understatement — noun conservative estimate, grossly inadequate representation, minimization, misrepresentation, underestimation, undervaluation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
understatement — 1799, from UNDER (Cf. under) + STATEMENT (Cf. statement). Understated, with ref. to clothing, is recorded from 1957 … Etymology dictionary
understatement — /andersˈte(i)tment, ingl. ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/ [vc. ingl., deriv. di to understate «attenuare, minimizzare»] s. m. inv. attenuazione, minimizzazione □ discrezione, sobrietà CONTR. esagerazione, enfasi, ostentazione … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
understatement — n. 1) to make an understatement 2) to go in for understatement 3) (misc.) a masterpiece of understatement; the understatement of the year * * * [ˌʌndə steɪtmənt] the understatement of the year (misc.) a masterpiece of understatement to go in for… … Combinatory dictionary
understatement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gross, massive, vast ▪ ‘A little strange’ is a gross understatement. ▪ typical ▪ with typical British understatement … Collocations dictionary
understatement — [[t]ʌ̱ndə(r)steɪtmənt[/t]] understatements 1) N COUNT If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. To say I m disappointed is an understatement... He was getting… … English dictionary
Understatement — Untertreibung (engl. Understatement) (der Gegensatz ist Übertreibung) wird oft als Stilmittel eingesetzt. Oft dient eine Litotes der Untertreibung. Auch wird der Begriff Understatement häufig in der Konzeption von Werbung und Marketing benutzt.… … Deutsch Wikipedia