euphemism信息详情
n.委婉语；委婉说法
euphemisms───n.委婉语；委婉用法；委婉的说法（euphemism的复数形式）
euphemise───委婉语
euphemist───n.用委婉语法的人
euphemised───委婉语
euphemiser───委婉语
euphemises───委婉语
euphemists───n.用委婉语法的人
euphemize───vt.委婉地说；vi.用婉转的话说
euphonism───快感
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。
Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.───去世”是“死”的委婉语。
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。
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，她说她什么也做不了，“对家庭也一样”（家政服务的委婉说法）。
The secret CIA paramilitaries, (the euphemism here is OGA, for "other government agency" ) shouted at him to stop. Khan could not hear them.───中情局的秘密准军事组织（这里委婉的说法是“其它政府机构”简称OGA）大吼，让他停下，而深汗听不到，他继续跑，于是联军开枪向他射击。
The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.───Vintage这个词是从葡萄酒酿酒的术语中借用过来的（原本意思是“陈年的”），在这里是对“旧”衣服的一个委婉的说法，更具古典气质。
For instance, the word used to hail waitresses in Taiwan xiaojie, or 'miss, ' is a common euphemism for prostitute in mainland China.───例如，在台湾招呼服务员时称“小姐”，而在大陆，“小姐”通常是对妓女的一种委婉说法。
The European Commission calls it a "stability bond" , surely a candidate for euphemism of the year.───欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）把这种债券称为“稳定债券”——这个词肯定是今年最佳委婉语的一个候选。
Economic development is of course a euphemism for an expansion of political influence and a state-endorsed land grab.───当然，发展经济即是扩张政治影响力的托辞，还是占有土地的全民认可的形式。
" Pass away " is a euphemism for " die ".