| 词汇 | euphemism |
| 释义 | euphemism noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈjuː.fə.mɪ.zəm/ us /ˈjuː.fə.mɪ.zəm/ a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word: 委婉语，委婉说法 euphemism for"Senior citizen" is a euphemism for "old person".“年长公民”是“老年人”的委婉说法。 I would rather you say what you mean than resort to euphemisms. The article made so much use of euphemism that often its meaning was unclear.这篇文章用了太多的委婉语，以至于意思常常不甚明了。 Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory f-bomb get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom implicit obscure parry prevaricate stray tangent tiptoe around something/someone unexpressed unvoiced You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Polite and respectful Related wordseuphemistic euphemistically euphemism | American Dictionaryeuphemism noun[ C/U ] us/ˈju·fəˌmɪz·əm/ the use of a word or phrase to avoid saying another word or phrase that may be unpleasant or offensive, or the word or phrase used: [ C ]The phrase “left to pursue other interests” is a euphemism for “fired.” euphemisticadjectiveus/ˌju·fəˈmɪs·tɪk/ euphemistic words for “dead” |
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