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litotes

音標['lait?uti:z] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 反敘法, 曲言法

詞型變化:

名詞複數:litotes 

英文解釋:

名詞 litotes:

  1. understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
    同義詞:meiosis

詳細解釋:


li.to.tes

n.(名詞)
【複數】 litotes
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as inThis is no small problem.
間接肯定法:用有節制的陳述所構成一種修辭手法,即通過否定其反面來表達肯定的意思,例如在這並不是一個小問題

來源:
Greek litotôs
希臘語 litotôs
from litos [plain] * see lei-
源自 litos [平實的] *參見 lei-

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