euphemisms

英 [ˈjuːfɪmɪzmz]

美 [ˈjufəˌmɪzəmz]

n.  委婉语; 委婉说法
euphemism的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 委婉语;委婉说法
  Aeuphemismis a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about, for example sex, the human body, or death.
  1. The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
     现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。

双语例句

• A Pragmatic Analysis of Political Euphemisms on War
  与战争有关的政治委婉语的语用学分析
• The principle of relevance, cognitive effects and processing effort are taken into consideration for exploring the cognitive process when euphemisms are used.
  通过关联二原则及关联性的两个决定因素语境效果和处理努力来解释运用英语委婉语时的人类认知过程。
• Microscopic Widal agglutination test euphemisms for slightly fat.
  显微肥达氏凝集试验对轻微肥胖的委婉说法。
• Euphemistically known as "legacy codes," they were in fact far older. Mir. What's funny here, of course, is the way in which the euphemisms of biz-talk are always one small step from bloody disdain.
  委婉地说，这些文件是早已过时的遗产密码。这里的幽默之处在于，商业用语中的委婉说法，其实离对他人的极端鄙视只有一步之遥。
• Some Chinese euphemisms also stem from squeamishness.
  有些中国委婉语同样脱胎于拘谨这一因素。
• A Pragmatic Analysis of English Diplomatic Euphemisms in Press Conference Discourses
  新闻发布会中外交委婉语的语用研究
• On the Features and Chinese-English Translation Strategies Of the Euphemisms in Local Television News
  地方英语电视新闻中委婉语特点与汉译英策略
• A dictionary of English euphemisms ii.
  英语委婉语词典。
• On the basis of their achievements, the author will analyze the euphemisms used in English teachers discourse from the pragmatic perspective and get some implications for the second language teaching.
  本文作者借鉴他们的研究成果，试从语用学角度，对英语教师话语中使用的委婉语进行分析，并就此提出对第二语言教学的启示。
• What's funny here, of course, is the way in which the euphemisms of biz-talk are always one small step from bloody disdain.
  这里的幽默之处在于，商业用语中的委婉说法，其实离对他人的极端鄙视只有一步之遥。