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,
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