euphemism
euphemism 英 [ˈju:fəmɪzəm] 美 [ˈjufəˌmɪzəm]
n. 委婉语；委婉说法
名词复数:euphemisms
- Pardon me, but when a polite term is substituted for a blunt, offensive one, you should call it a euphemism.
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- n. 委婉语；委婉说法
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1. 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。
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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。
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3. In 1945, he was hospitalized for “battle fatigue” — often a euphemism for a breakdown — and after recovering, he stayed on in Europe past the end of the war, chasing Nazi functionaries.
1945年，他因为”战争疲劳“住院——这通常是精神崩溃的委婉说法——病好后，他在欧洲一直留到战争结束之后，负责追踪纳粹工作人员。
- euphemism (n.) 1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one, superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies," also of substitutions such as Eumenides for the Furies. This is from euphemizein "speak with fair words, use words of good omen," from eu- "good, well" (see eu-) + pheme "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking," from phanai "speak" (from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say"). See also Euxine, and compare Greek Greek aristeros "the better one," a euphemism for "the left (hand)." In English, a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. Related: Euphemistic; euphemistically.
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