To say I'm disappointed is an understatement.

说我很失望是很轻的说法。

He always goes for subtlety and understatement in his movies.

他总是在自己的电影中运用细腻刻画和淡化手法。

"We both have an interesting 10 days coming up," said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement.

“未来10天对双方来说都会非常有趣。”，亚历克斯·弗格森故作轻描淡写地说。

This is a grand understatement.

这么说明显是轻描淡写了，在我们行走时，好像在参加一个“狼先生，现在几点了？”

To say I was despondent is an understatement.

说我有些沮丧已经算是轻描淡写了。

The first love, still cannot understatement.

第一次的爱，始终无法轻描淡写。

That was a record, and probably an understatement.

这个是一个记录，或许还太轻描淡写了一些。

I guess that would be the understatement of the year.

我猜想这将是轻描淡写的一年。

To say it is a large-scale piece is an understatement.

如果说这是一个大规模的一块是轻描淡写。

To say a visit it is worth a detour is an understatement.

如果说这是一个值得绕道而去的地方，那么这种说法显然无法完全体现出该博物馆的价值。

To say we are overworked and underpaid is an understatement.

说我们工作过度、收入不足还只是含蓄的说法。

To say these companies had long-term visions is an understatement.

若说这些公司拥有长远视野，这只是在轻描淡写而已。

To say that confirmation would be thrilling is an understatement.

如果说这种确认将令人兴奋不已，那就说得太轻了。

It was an honest response, and also something of an understatement.

这是个诚恳的回答，当然也有一些潜台词。

Saying that virtualization is a hot technology today is an understatement.

目前，简单地将虚拟化称为一种热点技术似乎有些保守。

To characterize Craigslist as just a classifieds site is a big understatement.

把Craigslist仅仅看做一个分类广告站点是大大地低估了它。

To say that blogs experienced exponential growth is a bit of an understatement.

说博客经历了指数级增长是有点儿低估它了。

Probably an understatement: A lot of times what people want is a listening ear.

保守来说就是：许多时候，人们只想有个倾吐对象。

It would be an understatement to say the web has gotten faster in recent years.

web在近些年来已经变得更快了，不过这样的说法有些保守。

To say the crowd and Panettiere were a bit stunned is a bit of an understatement.

用“吓晕了”来形容观众和潘妮蒂尔的反应都不为过。

Describing my feeling, upon seeing it, as thunderstruck would be an understatement.

如果要说我当时的感受，说是被雷击了都不过分。

He was accused of hyperbole but seems, rather, to have been guilty of understatement.

人们谴责他危言耸听，但现在看来，似乎应该是谴责他过于轻描淡写了。

And probably the understatement of all time would be that I have learned a lot along the way.

一直以来保守的说法是，一路上我学到了很多。

To say that the last few years were not kind to the auto industry is a massive understatement.

要说过去几年汽车行业不景气，似乎过于轻描淡写。

To say the surgeons here are operating under difficult circumstances is clearly an understatement.

要说外科医师在困难的环境中动手术，这样一点也不为过。

To say that the stylesheets I have introduced in this article are simplistic would be an understatement.

如果要说本文中介绍的样式表很简单，就太过谨慎了。

The present paper attempts to make a cursory comparison of understatement structures in English and Chinese.

本文从英语教学和英汉翻译的应用角度出发比较英汉低调陈述结构；