名詞 litotes:

1. understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
   同義詞：meiosis

li.to.tes

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 litotes
A figure of speech consisting of an understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by negating its opposite, as inThis is no small problem.
間接肯定法：用有節(jié)制的陳述所構(gòu)成一種修辭手法，即通過否定其反面來表達肯定的意思，例如在這并不是一個小問題 中

來源：
Greek litotôs
希臘語 litotôs
from litos [plain] * see lei-
源自 litos [平實的] *參見 lei-