euphemisms

Often impatient with what he sees as euphemisms or newspeak-"It was some phrase like level playing field/ that gunked me as he said it"

他对于那些忸怩的委婉语或做作的新闻语极其不耐烦。“‘公平竞争平台'一旦出口/我瞬间陷入泥潭沼泽”。

'Cut the euphemisms, Daniel,' Brenda snapped

“丹尼尔，别绕弯子了，”布伦达厉声说道。

In a bustling exhibition hall crowded with scale-model aircraft carriers, full-sized naval cannons and displays bearing industrial euphemisms for war, Japan on Thursday celebrated its coming-out as an international weapons exporter.

喧哗的展示大厅里，充满了按比例制作的航空母舰模型、全尺寸海军炮、以及各种显示着业内对“战争”委婉说法的显示屏。周四，日本以这样的方式，宣示着自己正在跻身进入国际军火出口国之列。

Those fine feelings were spared from reality by careful euphemisms.

这些良好感觉只不过是婉辞下偏离真实的备用品.

"Cut the euphemisms, Daniel," Brenda snapped.

“丹尼尔，别绕弯子了，”布伦达厉声说道。

They also included many euphemisms.

最有名的就是将平民伤亡说成“连带损害”.

No point in mincing words or hiding behind euphemisms.

没必要闪烁其词或者羞羞答答.

Generally speaking, the functions of euphemisms are fulfilled by making the interpreter feel vague in understanding the conceptual meaning of euphemisms. The vagueness has three types: beatifying vagueness, distance vagueness and attenuating vagueness.

总体而言，委婉语主要是通过使信息理解者在理解委婉语的理性意义时感到模糊而实现其功能的；这种模糊大致又分为美化式、距离式、弱化式三类。

Very often euphemisms can be utilized to avoid embarrassing situation and thus to protect individuals'feelings.

委婉语经常被用来避免使人们处于难堪境地,保护私人的情感.

this relatedness is the basis for metonymy and euphemisms are used to stand for the euphemized subjects.

这种联系是转喻的基础，委婉语用来指代其婉指对象。

Your euphemisms are so puerile.

你的委婉说法很幼稚。

Students can learn the tactful use of all kinds of euphemisms unconsciously. 2. English euphemism teaching can enrich students' euphemism knowledge and enhance their ability to understand, appreciate and use euphemisms. Their euphemistic awareness can be improved considerately. 3.

英语委婉语教学可以丰富学生的委婉语知识，显著提高其理解、欣赏并使用委婉语的水平，也就是说其委婉意识显著增强。

it is undeniable that euphemisms are closely related with taboos. however, this does not mean that the euphemized subjects are only taboos.

不可否认委婉语与禁忌语密切相关，但这并不意味着委婉语的婉指对象一定是禁忌语。

Instead, they use a wide variety of euphemisms.

相反, 他们使用各种委婉表达.

Hundreds of euphemisms have sprung up to cope with politically incorrect vocabulary.

人们创造了数百个委婉语来代替那些立场不正确的词.

Euphemistically known as" legacy codes," they were in fact far older. Mir. What's funny here, of course, is the way in which the euphemisms of biz-talk are always one small step from bloody disdain.

委婉地说，这些文件是早已过时的遗产密码。这里的幽默之处在于，商业用语中的委婉说法，其实离对他人的极端鄙视只有一步之遥。

pragmatic analysis and practical strategies of euphemisms applied in large english class

委婉语在大班英语教学中的语用分析及使用策略

Besides evasion , English euphemisms now are also used for politeness, elegance and disguise.

除了避讳, 它还具有礼貌 、 求雅、掩饰等功能.

In the selected ten American presidential speeches, the author conducts a detailed analysis of the frequently appeared first person plural form, hedges and euphemisms as these three linguistic strategies are means to achieve pragmatic empathy.

在本文选取的十篇美国总统演讲词中，作者对其中频繁出现的第一人称复数、模糊语及委婉语做了详尽的分析，因为这三种语言策略是实现语用移情的手段和方法。

But these are euphemisms to ease the conscience of the callous.

但这些都是旨在使那些硬心肠的人良心得到安慰的委婉语.

Add a few euphemisms for our own amusement.

有时候为了好玩儿加点隐喻什么的.

Owning to the richness and diversity of Chinese culture, death euphemisms abound in Chinese.

中国文化的丰富性与多样性决定了汉语中死亡委婉语的丰富性。

The paper contrasts euphemisms of both English and Chinese from the perspective of communication functions including avoidance of taboos, prettification or disguise, and politeness.

本文试从交际功能角度，即避讳、美化和礼貌三个不同方面将英汉委婉语做了对比。

Playing on the use of cardinal numbers as euphemisms for bodily functions.

用基数词做文章来委婉表达人体机能。

Death euphemism as a result of its own characteristics, with the typical euphemisms and representation.

死亡委婉语由于其自身的特点, 具有委婉语的典型性和代表性.

Secondly, the metonymy theory is applied to the research on euphemisms concerning the six deadly sins from the perspective of Causation ICM, Category and Property ICM, Thing ICM, Container ICM, Events ICM, and metaphor.

其次，运用所述理论，在因果模式，类别模式，物体模式，容器模式，生产模式，事件模式，和隐喻中分别分析有关六宗罪的委婉语。

Every society, every speech community and every social class has their euphemisms of various kinds. Euphemism is also a communicative strategy.

委婉既是一种语言现象、社会现象，也是一种交际策略。每个社会、每个群体、每个社会阶层都有其各种各样的委婉语。

As an indispensable andpart of English language , English euphemisms have existed for a long time.

委婉语是人类语言中的一种普遍现象,其存在的历史相当悠久.

From a diachronic point of view, languages are changing continuously, so are euphemisms.

从历时性的观点来看, 语言是持续变化的, 委婉语也是如此.

The first part investigates the frequency of using English euphemisms, reasons and categories of the words which they frequently prefer to employ euphemisms for. The second part and the third part, each of which contains ten questions, explore the comprehension and judgment of English euphemisms.

第一部分调查了跨文化交流中学生们使用英语委婉语频率、原因及需要使用委婉语的词类；第二部分和第三部分探究了学生理解和判断识别委婉语的基本情况。