The phrase 「let’s just say」 and 「let’s say」 isoften used to introduce a hypotheticalsituation. However, in this lesson, it has adifferent meaning. It’s used to downplay theseverity of something, but the impliedmeaning is that it’s much more extreme. Itcan be used as an indirect or vague way ofsaying something negative about a person orsituation.
詞組 「let’s just say」 和 「let’s say」常被用來描述假設的情景。本課中的含義有點不同，這個詞組被用來弱化所描述事情的嚴重性，但所暗含的程度要重得多。這是一種間接表達對某人某事負面評論的方式。