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这里为大家介绍下litotes 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

名词复数:litotes

中英文翻译

n.

【语言学】曲意法，间接表达法，反语法〔如将 little 用作 not, rather 用作 very much indeed; 又如用 no small 代 great, not bad 代 very good〕。

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"

同义词：meiosis,

In rhetoric, litotes (,OED s.v.单词网dANcI.583316.coM