euphemism

单词euphemism

基本解释

n.: 委婉语；委婉说法
网络: 委婉的说法；婉言；委婉词

权威解释

• 委婉语；委婉说法:

  an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to sth embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is

英汉解释

• 【修辞学】委婉说法;委婉话,婉言

词性分析

• 复数：euphemisms

同义词

n.neutral termunderstatementsynonymweasel wordcode word

反义词

n.dysphemism

例句

• Job prospects were grim though, and she said she"d take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).

  工作前景很糟糕，她说她什么也做不了，“对家庭也一样”（家政服务的委婉说法）。

• The secret CIA paramilitaries, (the euphemism here is OGA, for "other government agency" ) shouted at him to stop. Khan could not hear them.

  中情局的秘密准军事组织（这里委婉的说法是“其它政府机构”简称OGA）大吼，让他停下，而深汗听不到，他继续跑，于是联军开枪向他射击。

• The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

  Vintage这个词是从葡萄酒酿酒的术语中借用过来的（原本意思是“陈年的”），在这里是对“旧”衣服的一个委婉的说法，更具古典气质。

• For instance, the word used to hail waitresses in Taiwan xiaojie, or "miss, " is a common euphemism for prostitute in mainland China.

  例如，在台湾招呼服务员时称“小姐”，而在大陆，“小姐”通常是对妓女的一种委婉说法。

• The European Commission calls it a "stability bond" , surely a candidate for euphemism of the year.

  欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）把这种债券称为“稳定债券”——这个词肯定是今年最佳委婉语的一个候选。

• Economic development is of course a euphemism for an expansion of political influence and a state-endorsed land grab.

  当然，发展经济即是扩张政治影响力的托辞，还是占有土地的全民认可的形式。

• "I"d see a few friends or race past a blind pig, " she said, using the euphemism for Prohibition-era drinking establishments.

  “我看见些朋友和族人路过私酒铺，”她这是委婉地提及禁酒时代的饮酒场所。

• The days when an executive programme was a euphemism for a few days" break are long gone.

  那种把“高管课程”当成“休几天假”的委婉说法的日子，早已经远去了。

• It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.

  我们也应该十分清楚所谓“部分准备金仓储制度”不过是对欺诈和侵占行为的一种委婉说法。

• Protective reaction was just a euphemism for the bombers to stage raids over that country.

  保护性反应完全是种委婉说法，实际上是用轰炸机对那个国家进行空袭。