euphemism 详细解释

euphemism

['ju:fimizəm]

n.委婉语

词形变化

形容词: euphemistic | 副词: euphemistically | 名词: euphemist |

英英释义

名词 euphemism:

an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive

补充

euphemismeuphemism英:[ˈju:fəmizəm] 美:[ˈjufəˌmɪzəm]n.1.委婉语; 委婉说法

例句

1. The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.“提前退休”如今几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。 2. The poison of euphemism has worked through our language into our national consciousness.委婉表达法的毒素已经透过语言进入了我们的民族意识之中。 3. the jargon has given us ‘downsizing’ as a euphemism for cuts.行话“缩减”是削减的委婉语。 4. ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’.“逝世”是“死亡”的委婉说法。 5. using “eliminate” as a euphemism for “kill”用eliminate作为kill一词的委婉语 6. euphemistic language委婉的语言 7. The prison was euphemistically referred to as a “correctional facility.”监狱被委婉地称作“教养所”。

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