For the majority of women who have given birth - and most of the men who have watched them - these "sensations" are a euphemism for pain.

对于绝大多数生育的妇女---和绝大多数观看她们的男人---这些“感觉”是一种对痛苦的委婉说法。

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"In Transition" is too blatant (and too pretentious) a euphemism for unemployed.

对于失业者而言，“过渡期”这个委婉语太过刺眼（也太过狂妄）。

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My favorite euphemism for sexual intercourse is the relatively recent "Ugandan discussions" or "talking about Uganda. "

对于性交，我特别喜欢的委婉说法是相对近来一些的“乌干达探讨（Ugandandiscussions）”或者“探讨乌干达（talkingaboutUganda）”。

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Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).

工作前景很糟糕，她说她什么也做不了，“对家庭也一样”（家政服务的委婉说法）。

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State-media reports described Black Hawk Safety Net as offering hacking 'training, ' which is euphemism for selling malicious software.

官方媒体将黑鹰网描述为黑客“培训”网站。“培训”是售卖恶意软件的委婉说法。

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Later, after waiting until 2007, two years after he left office, he conceded that "froth" had been his euphemism for "bubble" .

后来，直到2007年格林斯潘卸任两年之后，他才承认“浮沫”是他对“泡沫”的委婉说法。

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The family has been unable to plant its main sorghum crop, she says, and their buffaloes are becoming "diseased" , a euphemism for starving.

她说，整个家族无法种植高粱，他们的水牛也开始变得“病怏怏”的——“病怏怏”是饥饿的委婉说法。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

The days when an executive programme was a euphemism for a few days' break are long gone.

那种把“高管课程”当成“休几天假”的委婉说法的日子，早已经远去了。

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The European Commission calls it a "stability bond" , surely a candidate for euphemism of the year.

欧盟委员会（EuropeanCommission）把这种债券称为“稳定债券”——这个词肯定是今年最佳委婉语的一个候选。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

It's kind of a euphemism , really.

其实，这是一种委婉的说法。

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Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism . , question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.

如此一来，这种语言不得不大部地由委婉语、让人纳闷和完全云遮雾罩的模糊构成。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

"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。

属类：无分类双语句库-bbs.ecocn.org-

Last week world stock markets tanked on news of Dubai World's debt standstill (a delightful euphemism for default).

上周，迪拜世界（DubaiWorld）暂停偿债——这是债务违约一种委婉说法——的消息令全球股市大幅下挫。

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Its prime condition was that talks be based on a Palestinian "consensus" , a euphemism for including them in the diplomatic fray.

它的主要条件是和谈应基于巴勒斯坦的认同之上。这只不过是一种委婉的说法，意为希望以色列把巴勒斯坦作为这场外交斡旋的另一方。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

The euphemism for that is "flexibility" .

委婉地说，就是这些国家需要增加劳动力市场的“弹性”。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

Euphemism is a cultural phenomenon other than a language phenomenon.

委婉语不仅是一种语言现象，更是一种文化现象。

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The definition and emergence of euphemism

委婉语的定义和产生

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The generation, the development, the conversion and the death of euphemism has a close relation with the spirit of the time.

委婉语的生成、发展、转换乃至衰亡都与时代精神息息相关。

属类：中国大陆-www.ceps.com.tw-

To use euphemism means to realize linguistic civilization.

委婉语的使用，是追求语言文明的表现。

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A euphemism is a kind of lie, and the lies peoples and countries tell themselves are revealing.

委婉语就是一种谎言，不同民族和国家为编造的谎言很有各自的特色。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Euphemism is one of the biggest concerns in modern linguistics, esp. in sociolinguistics.

委婉语是现代语言学尤其是社会语言学关注的热点之一。

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The dispassionate euphemism "underperformer" is one that I have never heard anyone use to describe themselves.

我从来不曾听过有人会用不带情感色彩的委婉语“表现欠佳者”来形容自己。

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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。

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I said I liked "open-minded" girls, a euphemism in Chinese for sexually liberated women, which was greeted with much laughter.

我说我喜欢“开放的”女孩，在中国这是对性解放女性的一种委婉说法，招来了很多笑声。

属类：英汉句库-article.yeeyan.org-

The word "savings" , by contrast, which is Mr Osborne's preferred euphemism for cuts, features prominently in the middle.

相比之下，奥斯本先生喜欢用“节省”来委婉地表示“削减”，显眼地陈列在中间。

属类：英汉句库-www.ecocn.org-

Apparent consensus is achieved by euphemism , by avoiding issues of substance and by using slogans instead of analysis.

言谈婉转、回避实质问题、使用口号而非分析，表面上的一致就是如此达成的。

属类：英汉句库-www.ftchinese.com-

One side regards "sex worker" as a dangerously obfuscatory euphemism .

一方认为“性工作者”这一称呼是危险的含糊其辞的委婉说法。

属类：无分类双语句库-bbs.ecocn.org-

Some foreign executives privately complain that technology digestion can be a euphemism for abuse.

一些外国高管私下里抱怨，消化吸收技术可以是滥用的委婉说法。

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The principles of application of euphemism in doctor-patient communication

医患对话中委婉语的使用原则

属类：英汉句库-blog.hjenglish.com-

Euphemism is a product of human civilization and a comparatively prevalent phenomenon, which extensively exists in the English language.

英语委婉语是语言交际中的一种较为普遍的现象，也是人类文明发展的产物。

属类：中国大陆-www.ceps.com.tw-