Is it anything more than a euphemism for censorship?

这是否只是审查制度的委婉说法呢?

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。

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。

Jose Graziano da Silva, Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General.Chronic undernourishment is a technical euphemism for being chronically hungry.

联合国粮食农业组织总干事何塞·加拉西亚诺·达席尔瓦说道。慢性营养不良是一种专业上讲被长期处于饥饿状态的委婉说法。

Stephen Colbert, a comedian, joked that " Minister for Loneliness" sounded like " a Victorian euphemism for 'gigolo'" .

喜剧演员斯蒂芬·科尔伯特开玩笑说，“孤独部长”听起来像是“维多利亚时代对‘舞男’的委婉说法”。

And is " Creativity" a euphemism for " Illegality" ?

这个「自由发挥」是指「非法行为」吗？

And we still say that in British English — " He bought it" and it's an informal euphemism for 'He died'.

我们现在的英式英语还会这样说——“他买下了它”，这是“他去世了”的一种非正式的委婉说法。

That was a fine English euphemism for what the Brits later would call a five-knuckle-shuffle.

. “自虐” 。 这是英国人后来称之为五指关节洗牌的一种很好的英语委婉说法。

The worst punishment was " relaxado en persona" — a euphemism for burning at the stake.

最严厉的惩罚是“relaxado en persona”——在火刑柱上烧死的委婉说法。

Days later, Netanyahu responded by saying Israel needs to let settlers " lead normal lives" - a euphemism for building more homes.

几天后，内塔尼亚胡对此回应，他说以色列需要让定居者“过上正常的生活，”这是在委婉地表示要建造更多房屋。

Ever since he joined the Choir Invisible, " left the building" has become a euphemism for dying.

自从他加入了隐身合唱团，“离楼”就成了临终的委婉说法。

And therefore you had euphemisms for " by God, " etc., when you weren't going to do it sincerely.

因此，当你不打算真诚地这样做时，你会使用“上帝赐予”等委婉说法。

Today, you're most likely to see the word used as a euphemism for 'firing staff', or reducing the work force within a company.

今天，大家也许很可能看到这个单词被当成‘开除某人’或者‘裁减公司成员’的委婉语。

You just start with half a dozen European cities, throw in 30 euphemisms for male genitalia, and, bam, you have got yourself a book.

你只需先描述几个欧洲城市 扔出三十种委婉形容男性生殖器官的说法 然后 嘭 你的书就写好了。

" The Kid has euphemisms for everything, " write brothers Oscar Martinez and Juan Jose Martinez (a reporter for El Faro and an anthropologist, respectively).

“《好莱坞小子》书中对所有事情的描写都比较委婉，”奥斯卡·马丁内斯和胡安·何塞·马丁内斯兄弟写道（分别是El Faro的记者和人类学家）。

And she had apparently like a baby bird that she was keeping at home with Sunny, unless it was a euphemism for something. - Baby bird.

显然，她还养了一只小鸟，和桑尼一起养在家里，除非这是某种委婉的说法。- 小鸟。

Such " friend-shoring" , a euphemism for shifting sensitive operations out of or farther away from China, helps allay American fears over high-tech supply chains.

这种做法被称作“友国外包”，委婉地代指将敏感的业务转移或者远离中国，以缓解美国人对高科技供应链的忧虑。

A decade later, as a college student in the bustling city of Delhi, my friends and I would spend a similar few hours every month on " Fashion Street, " a euphemism for the row of small stores with the latest clothes at great prices.

十年后，作为德里繁华城市的一名大学生，我和我的朋友们每个月都会在“时尚街” 上度过类似的几个小时， 这是一排小商店的委婉说法， 以优惠的价格出售最新的衣服。