euphemism

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）。

The secret CIA paramilitaries, (the euphemism here is OGA, for "other government agency" ) shouted at him to stop. Khan could not hear them.

中情局的秘密准军事组织（这里委婉的说法是“其它政府机构”简称OGA）大吼，让他停下，而深汗听不到，他继续跑，于是联军开枪向他射击。

The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

Vintage这个词是从葡萄酒酿酒的术语中借用过来的（原本意思是“陈年的”），在这里是对“旧”衣服的一个委婉的说法，更具古典气质。

For instance, the word used to hail waitresses in Taiwan xiaojie, or 'miss, ' is a common euphemism for prostitute in mainland China.

例如，在台湾招呼服务员时称“小姐”，而在大陆，“小姐”通常是对妓女的一种委婉说法。

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。

Economic development is of course a euphemism for an expansion of political influence and a state-endorsed land grab.

当然，发展经济即是扩张政治影响力的托辞，还是占有土地的全民认可的形式。

"I'd see a few friends or race past a blind pig, " she said, using the euphemism for Prohibition-era drinking establishments.

“我看见些朋友和族人路过私酒铺，”她这是委婉地提及禁酒时代的饮酒场所。

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。

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。

Protective reaction was just a euphemism for the bombers to stage raids over that country.

保护性反应完全是种委婉说法，实际上是用轰炸机对那个国家进行空袭。

Of course "putting his hand under his thigh" is just a polite euphemism for "holding his testicles in his hand. "

当然“把手放在他的大腿下”只是“把他的睾丸握住手里”的委婉文雅说法。

The features of the hotel professional speaking are shown in polite language, euphemism and inquiry language.

酒店职业口语的用语特点主要表现在礼貌语、委婉语及征询语等的运用上。

However the traditional study of euphemism in western countries mainly put it focus on the word level.

早期中国的学者对委婉语的研究也主要集中在禁忌语和民俗两个方面。

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。

"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。

But Varney, tall and professorial , did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.

但身材高大、富有教授气质的瓦尼并没有用法律术语或委婉的言辞掩饰她的想法。

Euphemism as a common linguistic phenomenon, as well as a cultural phenomenon, is widely used in human communication.

委婉表达作为一种普遍的语言及文化现象，在商务英语沟通中被广泛应用着。

This woman hasn't quite figured out that you saying you're "busy for a few weeks" is a euphemism for "thanks, but no thanks" .

这名妇女也没有完全明白了，你说你“忙了几个星期”是“感谢，感谢委婉但没有”。

The term rumours is often a euphemism for anti- government views in China.

在中国，“谣言”这个词通常作为反对政府意见的委婉说法。

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。