In the Middle Ages, to pluck fruit in Dutch was a euphemism for sex.
在中世纪,采果在荷兰语中是性的委婉说法。
雅思口语小妙招
So, you use a euphemism, right, instead of saying she's fat.
所以你用了委婉的说法,不是说她很胖。
艺术的力量-乔凡尼·洛伦佐·贝尼尼
It was time to forget about euphemisms.
是时候忘掉那些扭扭捏捏了。
经济学人(汇总)
" Hallucinations" might be thought of as a forgiving euphemism.
“幻觉”可能被认为是一种带有宽恕性的委婉说法。
当月 CNN 10 学生英语
Is it anything more than a euphemism for censorship?
这是否只是审查制度的委婉说法呢?
生活大爆炸 第2季
Oh! Clever! Playing on the use of cardinal numbers as euphemisms for bodily functions.
行啊你!用基数词做文章来委婉表达人体机能。
VOA常速英语_健康
There are so many euphemisms that we put on in society to not have to say the word menstruation.
社会上有很多委婉语,不用月经这个词。
雅思口语小妙招
And we use euphemisms, um, to avoid offending people or saying words we're not comfortable with, right?
我们用委婉语,来避免冒犯别人或者说一些让我们不舒服的话。
VOA Standard 2014年9月合集
Jose Graziano da Silva, Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General.Chronic undernourishment is a technical euphemism for being chronically hungry.
A euphemism/ˈjufəˌmɪzəm/ is a generally innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or suggest something unpleasant. Some euphemisms are intended to amuse; while others use bland, inoffensive terms for things the user wishes to downplay. Euphemisms are used to refer to taboo topics (such as disability, sex, excretion, and death) in a polite way, or to mask profanity.