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euphemism的意思

euphemism中文翻譯:

n.委婉語;委婉說法

相似詞語短語

euphemisms───n.委婉語;委婉用法;委婉的說法(euphemism的復數形式)

euphemise───委婉語

euphemist───n.用委婉語法的人

euphemised───委婉語

euphemiser───委婉語

euphemises───委婉語

euphemists───n.用委婉語法的人

euphemize───vt.委婉地說;vi.用婉轉的話說

euphonism───快感

雙語使用場景

User fees' is just a politician's euphemism for taxes.───用戶費”不過是政治家對“稅款”的委婉說法。

Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.───去世”是“死”的委婉語。

The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs nowadays.───如今“提前退休”這個詞幾乎總是下崗的委婉語。

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,她說她什么也做不了,“對家庭也一樣”(家政服務的委婉說法)。

The secret CIA paramilitaries, (the euphemism here is OGA, for "other government agency" ) shouted at him to stop. Khan could not hear them.───中情局的秘密準軍事組織(這里委婉的說法是“其它政府機構”簡稱OGA)大吼,讓他停下,而深汗聽不到,他繼續跑,于是聯軍開槍向他射擊。

The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.───Vintage這個詞是從葡萄酒釀酒的術語中借用過來的(原本意思是“陳年的”),在這里是對“舊”衣服的一個委婉的說法,更具古典氣質。

For instance, the word used to hail waitresses in Taiwan xiaojie, or 'miss, ' is a common euphemism for prostitute in mainland China.───例如,在臺灣招呼服務員時稱“小姐”,而在大陸,“小姐”通常是對妓女的一種委婉說法。

The European Commission calls it a "stability bond" , surely a candidate for euphemism of the year.───歐盟委員會(EuropeanCommission)把這種債券稱為“穩定債券”——這個詞肯定是今年最佳委婉語的一個候選。

Economic development is of course a euphemism for an expansion of political influence and a state-endorsed land grab.───當然,發展經濟即是擴張政治影響力的托辭,還是占有土地的全民認可的形式。

英語使用場景

" Pass away " is a euphemism for " die ".