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英语单词“euphemistic”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 euphemistic 释义 euphemisticadjectiveuk

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using a word or phrase inordertoavoidsaying a moreunpleasantoroffensiveword:委婉的Cosmeticsurgerycomes withitsown new, euphemisticvocabulary: you aren't beingoperatedon, you are "getting something done".."整容手术有它自己一套新的委婉的词汇:你不是在做手术,你是在“搞定某件事”。We aremastersof euphemisticlanguageand canprovidea sugar-coating to the mostunpalatableoftopics.我们是使用委婉语言的大师,可以为最令人不快的话题加一层粉饰。Seeeuphemism
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  • phrasesare fine-tuned to be euphemisticyetseeminglyprecise
  • It wasimpossibleto be euphemistic about thebasicfactsofnaturewhen onelivedon astudfarm.
  • Thehospitalshould have thecourageofitsconvictionsand nottrytohidebehind euphemisticstatements.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obfuscate
  • obfuscation
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • sidestep
  • stray
  • veil
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(Definition ofeuphemisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/euphemistic##