英 [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm] 美 [ˈjuːfəmɪzəm]
n. 委婉语，委婉说法
复数euphemisms
euphemism /ˈjuːfɪˌmɪzəm/ TEM8
可数名词 A euphemism is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things that people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about, for example sex, the human body, or death. 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。
an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
婉曲-引用次数：3
参考来源汉语辞格的语用分析
委婉表达法
委婉
委婉语-引用次数：6
As a special language phenomenon, euphemism has its own historical background and cultural features.
作为一种特殊的语言现象,委婉语有其形成的特定历史背景和文化因素。
参考来源从死亡委婉语看中西文化异同
含蓄蕴藉-引用次数：1
参考来源元杂剧创作中的中庸思想
讳饰-引用次数：1
参考来源《史记》的讳饰修辞
曲笔-引用次数：1
参考来源《三国志》及其史学价值
委婉语
婉言
委婉
... Euphonia trinitatis Trinidad Euphonia 特立[尼达]歌雀 Euphonia concinna Velvet-fronted Euphonia 绒额歌雀 Euphonia saturata Orange-crowned Euphonia 橙顶歌雀 ...
euphemistic 委婉的；婉言的
euphemistically 委婉地；婉言地
euphemize 用婉转的话说
euphemize 委婉地说
委婉语；委婉说法
'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.
“去世”是“死”的委婉语。
'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。
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。
When someone says great interest, that's a euphemism for embroiled in controversy.
当人们说有极大的兴趣时，那是对卷入争议的一种赞美。
固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
Dudley describes their rescue in his diary with staggering euphemism.
达德利日记里描述的得救情形，委婉得让人震惊。
公正课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In Third World rhetoric, "corruption" as often as not is a euphemism for political deviation.
The dreaded risutora--restructuring, the euphemism for layoffs--has not hit his firm yet, but he is waiting.
This was not about free markets, globalized economies, industrialization, democratization or any other such euphemism for Westernization.