解释
- n. 曲言法；间接肯定法；反叙法
※ 提供单词"litotes"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
litotes 反叙法（用否定或较弱的证据加强表示肯定）
来自希腊语litotes,平白，浅显，来自PIE*slei,黏的，滑的，词源同lime,slime,littoral.用于指语言学反叙法。
英文词源
- litotes (n.)
- rhetorical figure in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its opposite, from Greek litotes, literally "plainness, simplicity," from litos "smooth, plain, small, meager," from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (hence "smooth"); see slime (n.).