euphemism

名词委婉语; 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;

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.

    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. euphemism的反义词

1. That's why he was Bruce the Little Dragon, a euphemism for no bigger than a little worm.

2. But behind the veil she is xiaojie, a euphemism for prostitute.

3. The great poet eulogized the perfect personality and high moral standard displayed by lotus flowers, a euphemism of himself.

4. euphemism什么意思

4. It transpires that no one wants to hurt a fat person's feelings, so the euphemism " strong " has emerged to replace it.

5. euphemism

5. There's even a euphemism for this that attempts to give such projects a gloss of justification.

6. But when our 1986 photo was taken, to call it a " teahouse " was a euphemism.

7. In this context, " PR staff " is an euphemism for sexual service providers.

8. That's a euphemism for asking whether banks would blow up if a government couldn't pay its debts.

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