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euphemism

基本词汇

英 [ˈju:fəmɪzəm]

美 [ˈjufəˌmɪzəm]

n.委婉语

形容词: euphemistic 副词: euphemistically 名词: euphemist

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n.(名词)
  • 【修辞学】委婉语,委婉说法
  • 婉言
  • 委婉法

noun

1. an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

1. 委婉语;委婉说法
A euphemism is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about, for example sex, the human body, or death.

euphemism的翻译

e.g. The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。

1. 委婉语:委婉语(euphemism)是一种常见的语言现象,如今已被广泛运用于社会生活的各方面;同时它又是一种文化现象,它的诞生和运用与社会文化密切相连.本文从文化研究的角度入手,列举实例分析英汉委婉语的文化差异,为我们更好地运用委婉语提供必不可少的理论帮助.

2. 委婉:我们了解到英文修辞学是非常精深奥妙的.除了上文提到的修辞手法外,英语里还有头韵(Alliteration),谐音(Assonance),反语(Irony),讽刺(Sarcasm),扼式搭配(Zeugma),省略(Ellipsis),通感(Synesthesia),委婉(Euphemism)和新造复合词法等.有些方法还有更细的分支,

3. 委婉法:委婉法(Euphemism)是指为了策略或礼貌起见,使用温和的,令人愉快的,不害人的语言来表达令人厌恶的,伤心或不宜直说的事实,这样的一种修辞手段.

4. 委婉词:女性主义语言学家对性别主义用词所进行的研究,说明了语言的性别化及委婉词(euphemism)的使用同样地贬抑了女性(见Lakoff,1975). 因此,对性别主义迷思的解构(deconstruction),是女性研究(women's studies)的一个重要目标及议程;

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  • 'Foreign workers', a euphemism for civilian prisoners brought in from countries under German occupation.

    出自:T. Pynchon
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We should have known, of course, that for him the term is a mere euphemism.(但我们应该知道,这其实是他的委婉表达。)
It's kind of a euphemism, really.(其实,这是一种委婉的说法。)
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。)
It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.(我们也应该十分清楚所谓“部分准备金仓储制度”不过是对欺诈和侵占行为的一种委婉说法。)
But Varney, tall and professorial, did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.(但身材高大且有学者派头的瓦尼并没有把她的发言要点用法律术语或者委婉说法掩盖起来。)
This is not a euphemism, Erich clarifies. "Fun and games means charades,” he says, firmly.(这不是委婉用语,开心作乐说的是猜谜游戏。)
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。)
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。)
The euphemism now lies buried beneath the rubble of reality.(如今这些安慰话都被埋葬在现实的碎石之下。)
"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。)
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