litotes
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美式音标：litotes怎么读
litotes词义
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n. 曲言法；间接肯定法；反叙法
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复数: litotes;
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。
litotes英文词源
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- 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.).