euphemism

简单释义：

n.委婉语；委婉说法

网络委婉的说法；婉言；委婉词

变形：

复数：euphemisms  

完整释义：

n.

1.【修辞学】委婉说法;委婉话,婉言

例句：

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

6. 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。

7. "Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern" .
   如今“边缘”一词已不再是缩写、而是“南部”的委婉说法。

8. 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。

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