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委婉语(Euphemism)是人类语言使用过程中的一种普遍现象,当人们谈论那些令人不快或尴尬的事情时,一般都使用较为礼貌的说法。在当今社会中,随着人们对文化素质的要求越来越高,无论在各种语言中,委婉语都被广泛的使用。因此,了解一些委婉语的用法对我们学好英语是有很大帮助的。不同的社会层次所用的委婉语的表达方式不同。委婉语在当今英语国家已成为语言交际中必不可缺的交际手段,渗透日常生活,社会政治经济,职业,教育等各个领域,发挥着避讳、礼貌、掩饰等交际功能。
Euphemism is a common phenomenon in the use of human language, and when people talk about unpleasant or embarrassing things, they generally use the more polite way of saying. In today’s society, euphemisms are widely used no matter in different languages, as people’s demands for cultural qualities are getting higher and higher. Therefore, understanding the usage of some euphemisms can be very helpful for us to learn English well. Euphemisms used in different social levels have different ways of expression. Euphemism has become an indispensable means of communication in today’s English-speaking countries. It permeates daily life, social politics, economy, occupation, education and other fields and plays a communicative role such as taboo, courtesy and disguise.