...typical British understatement.是什么意思？

...typical British understatement.

典型的英国式轻描淡写

typical

adj. 典型的，特有的或特别的，代表性的；

例句
The typical laborer now sits in front of a bank of dials.
现如今，工人通常都是坐在一排仪表前。

British

adj. 不列颠的，英国的，英国人的，英国英语的；n. （总称）英国人，英国英语；

例句
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies...
到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。

understatement

n. 保守的陈述，轻描淡写；

例句
He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.
说他很不好相处，那简直是说得太客气了。