To say we were pleased is an understatement(= we were extremely pleased) .
说我们高兴，那是轻描淡写。
‘These figures are a bit disappointing.’ ‘That's got to be the understatement of the year .’
“这些数字有点令人失望。” “那一定是本年度最保守的说法了。”
typical English understatement
典型的英国式低调说法
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。
1.掩饰;轻描淡写
2.有节制的陈述
1.a statement that makes something seem less important, serious, big, etc. than it really is; the practice of using an understatement to talk about something
1."To say that the Frenchman concerned was amazingly eccentric would be an understatement" wrote one contemporary diarist.
同时代的一个日记作者曾写道：“要说这个法国人行为古怪令人好奇，那或许有些保守。”
2.A source close to Miss Perroncel, 33, claimed in The Sun: 'To say she's a Chelsea girl is a bit of an understatement.
据消息灵通人士透露，据《太阳报》的说法，说33岁的佩罗塞尔是切尔西女孩有点太含蓄了。
3.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。
4.To say there's some uncertainty over OPEC's intentions, let alone its capabilities, is something of an understatement.
事实上，要说市场对于欧佩克的意图有些不确定，可能还说轻了，更别提对其能力的不确定了。
5.'These figures are a bit disappointing. ' 'That's got to be the understatement of the year. '
“这些数字有点令人失望。”“那一定是本年度最保守的说法了。”
6.It would be an understatement to say that the last century has been a golden age for medical science.
上个世纪毫无疑问是医药科学的黄金时代。
7.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。
8.I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage . . . to use the word "bad" would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.
60年代我结婚了，用“糟糕透了”这个词都不足以形容简直是糟糕极了。
9.To call the company a meritocracy would be an understatement.
称这个公司为知识界的精英群一点都不为过。
10.As the company's lawyers wrote in one court filing, "That this case is large and complex is an understatement. "
在一份法律文件中该公司的律师写道：“此案之庞杂无以言表。”