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. ‘Pass away’ is a euphemism for ‘die’.
“去世”是“死”的委婉语。
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2. euphemistic language
委婉的语言
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3. The prison camps were euphemistically called ‘retraining centres’.
战俘营被委婉地称作“再训练中心”。
- 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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