euphemism
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委婉语

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n.

委婉语,委婉说法
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
当然“把手放在他的大腿下”只是“把他的睾丸握住手里”的委婉文雅说法。
酒店职业口语的用语特点主要表现在礼貌语、委婉语及征询语等的运用上。
However the traditional study of euphemism in western countries mainly put it focus on the word level.
早期中国的学者对委婉语的研究也主要集中在禁忌语和民俗两个方面。
它的主要条件是和谈应基于巴勒斯坦的认同之上。这只不过是一种委婉的说法,意为希望以色列把巴勒斯坦作为这场外交斡旋的另一方。
如今“边缘”一词已不再是缩写、而是“南部”的委婉说法。
But Varney, tall and professorial , did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.
但身材高大、富有教授气质的瓦尼并没有用法律术语或委婉的言辞掩饰她的想法。
委婉表达作为一种普遍的语言及文化现象,在商务英语沟通中被广泛应用着。
This woman hasn't quite figured out that you saying you're "busy for a few weeks" is a euphemism for "thanks, but no thanks" .
这名妇女也没有完全明白了,你说你“忙了几个星期”是“感谢,感谢委婉但没有”。
在中国,“谣言”这个词通常作为反对政府意见的委婉说法。
For the majority of women who have given birth - and most of the men who have watched them - these "sensations" are a euphemism for pain.
对于绝大多数生育的妇女---和绝大多数观看她们的男人---这些“感觉”是一种对痛苦的委婉说法。
好象军事情报局这名称还不够委婉,于是又缩写成mi。
委婉语,作为一种语言现象,它有其独特的来源及构成方法,并遵循一定的发展规律。
Euphemism is one of the biggest concerns in modern linguistics, esp. in sociolinguistics.
委婉语是现代语言学尤其是社会语言学关注的热点之一。
Later, after waiting until 2007, two years after he left office, he conceded that "froth" had been his euphemism for "bubble" .
后来,直到2007年格林斯潘卸任两年之后,他才承认“浮沫”是他对“泡沫”的委婉说法。
几天后,内塔尼亚胡对此回应,他说以色列需要让定居者“过上正常的生活,”这是在委婉地表示要建造更多房屋。
一些外国高管私下里抱怨,消化吸收技术可以是滥用的委婉说法。
The tone of euphemism used words, return the temptation that she is actually think of her secret.
曾用委婉的口气试探她的言语,回头想想却都是她的秘密。
一个正面的委婉用语已经树立,掩盖了穆巴拉克政权的本质,而且新闻报道也加强这方面的内容。
As a special sign of culture, euphemism can reflect certain culture because special kind of culture must stand behind certain language.
特定文化是特定语言的支撑因素,作为特殊文化符号的委婉语是特定文化的折射。
However, political euphemism, as a sub-stream of euphemism, hasn't attracted enough attention as it should be.
但是作为委婉语分支的政治委婉语的相关研究却是远远不足。
1·The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs nowadays.
如今“提前退休”这个词几乎总是下岗的委婉语。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism.
这种华而不实的风格本身就是一种委婉语。
3·Unfortunately, all of your suggestions of what you write on it are bad. “In Transition” is too blatant (and too pretentious) a euphemism for unemployed.
遗憾的是,你有关名片内容的所有建议都很糟糕。对于失业者而言,“过渡期”这个委婉语太过刺眼(也太过狂妄)。
4·Space agencies try desperately to conceal these realities with euphemism and secrecy.
空间机构都拼命掩盖事实与这些委婉语和保密性。
5·The study on euphemism phenomenon helps to cultivate the consciousness of cross cultural communication and avoid pragmatic errors.
对委婉语现象的研究有助于培养跨文化交际意识,避免语用失误。
1·'User fees' is just a politician's euphemism for taxes.
“用户费”不过是政治家对“税款”的委婉说法。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·For the majority of women who have given birth - and most of the men who have watched them - these "sensations" are a euphemism for pain.
对于绝大多数生育的妇女- - -和绝大多数观看她们的男人- - -这些“感觉”是一种对痛苦的委婉说法。
3·The family has been unable to plant its main sorghum crop, she says, and their buffaloes are becoming “diseased”, a euphemism for starving.
今年,她们家没有办法种植主要的农作物高粱,莎丽拉说到,而且她们家的水牛都“不健康”了--对于挨饿的一种委婉说法。
4·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。
5·But Varney, tall and professorial, did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.
但身材高大且有学者派头的瓦尼并没有把她的发言要点用法律术语或者委婉说法掩盖起来。
常用短语
同义词
n.
委婉语;委婉说法
同根词 (词根euphemism)
euphemistic adj 委婉的;婉言的
euphemistically adv 委婉地;婉言地
euphemize vi 用婉转的话说
euphemize vt 委婉地说