a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
委婉词(语);委婉说法
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the jargon has given us ‘downsizing' as a euphemism for cuts .行话给我们提供了一个削减(cuts)的委婉语“缩小规模”(downsizing)。<Bold>DYSPHEMISM</Bold>的反义词。
"late 16th cent.: from Greek