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euphemism
时间: 2023-09-14 12:16:09
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英 [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm]
美 [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm]

n. 委婉词;委婉说法

双语例句
  • This is just a euphemism for rejection.

    这种只是拒绝的一种委婉说法。

  • This kind of euphemism often appears in Japanese communication.

    这种委婉语经常出现在日语交流中。

  • There are many euphemisms for words in Chinese.

    汉语里有很多词语的委婉说法。

  • "Senior citizen" is a euphemism for "old person".

    “年长公民”是“老年人”的委婉说法

  • 'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.

    “去世”是“死”的委婉语。

  • '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。

  • 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。

  • It's kind of a euphemism, really.

    其实,这是一种委婉的说法。

  • "Rarely" is a euphemism there.

    “很少”这里都是委婉的说法。

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euphemism,英语单词,译做:委婉语; 委婉说法等。例句:I knew him when he was a little boy。他还是个小男孩的时候我就认识他了。

释义
n.

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

  • 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。

词源

"late 16th cent.: from Greek euphēmismos, from euphēmizein ‘use auspicious words', from eu ‘well'+phēmē ‘speaking’."

  • And is "Creativity" a euphemism for "Illegality"? No.

    这个「自由发挥」是指「非法行为」吗?不。

    《The Good Wife Season 5》《傲骨贤妻 第五季》

  • Well, that's odd. We both washed up when we came in. It's probably a euphemism for urination.

    好奇怪,我们明明进来时就一起去了,大概是排尿的委婉说法吧。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 5》《生活大爆炸 第五季》

  • Okay, not to be pedantic, but last I checked went out was in fact the past tense of "going out" which I think we all know is a popular euphemism for "saw each other naked."

    不是为了表示我很有学问,但是上一次我查证曾经拍拖实际上是“正在拍拖的”过去式,并且地球人都知道这是“坦诚相见”的委婉说法。

    《The Big Bang Theory Season 3》《生活大爆炸 第三季》

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