She mentioned lightly that he continued to work as a detective even in his retirement.

她轻描淡写地提到，即使在退休后，他仍然继续做侦探工作。

金山词霸

"Don't worry about me," he remarked airily, brushing it off as a mere passing notion.

“别担心我，”他轻描淡写地说道，把它当作一个一闪而过的念头。

金山词霸

He deliberately used understatement when he informed us of the massive results, which left us disappointed.

他告知我们这些巨大的结果时故意轻描淡写，这让我们感到失望。

金山词霸

Opportunities for equality are often discussed with superficial ease.

人们常常轻描淡写地讨论平等机会的问题。

金山词霸

The report is brushed off by Fryer as lacking substance.

弗赖尔轻描淡写地认为这篇报告内容空洞。

金山词霸

'A little strange'is a gross understatement.

“ 有一点奇怪”绝对是轻描淡写.

《简明英汉词典》

Alex Ferguson deliberately chose understatement when calling their upcoming 10 days merely interesting.

亚历克斯·弗格森刻意选择了轻描淡写，将即将到来的10天称为仅仅是有趣而已。

金山词霸

The way he acted turned living together into a nightmare, and that's an understatement for this year.

他的行为方式让共同生活变成了噩梦，这对今年来说还算是轻描淡写了。

金山词霸

He simply skated over the difficulties there would be if we moved to Singapore.

他只是轻描淡写地讲了一下如果我们移居新加坡可能会遇到的困难.

《简明英汉词典》

" It won't be that bad,'said Hsin - mei , brushing it off lightly.

辛楣 轻描淡写道:“那不至于. ”

汉英文学 - 围城

At his trial, he tried to minimize his behavior.

接受审判的时候，他企图对自己的行为轻描淡写。

辞典例句

This time she was cursory because she felt guilty.

这一次她只是轻描淡写地说上几句,因为她感到很内疚.

辞典例句

Bertha was disinclined to treat the matter lightly.

轻描淡写地对待这件事使伯莎感到厌恶.

辞典例句

'If it was a light answer ,'returned Darnay,'I beg your forgiveness for it.

“ 若是我那回答太轻描淡写,”达尔内回答, “ 我求你原谅.

英汉文学 - 双城记

If the theme were hackneyed, I should be obliged to deal gently with the reader.

假如这是个老生常谈的题目, 我只消向读者轻描淡写一番就行了.

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