n.委婉語(yǔ)
形容詞: euphemistic 副詞: euphemistically 名詞: euphemist
/">考博英語(yǔ)詞匯單詞大全n.(名詞)【修辭學(xué)】委婉語(yǔ),委婉說(shuō)法
婉言
委婉法
noun
1. an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
1. 委婉語(yǔ);委婉說(shuō)法
A euphemism is a polite word or expression that is used to refer to things which people may find upsetting or embarrassing to talk about, for example sex, the human body, or death.
euphemism的翻譯
e.g. The term 'early retirement' is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.
現(xiàn)在“提前退休”幾乎就是裁員的委婉說(shuō)法。
1. 委婉語(yǔ):委婉語(yǔ)(euphemism)是一種常見(jiàn)的語(yǔ)言現(xiàn)象,如今已被廣泛運(yùn)用于社會(huì)生活的各方面;同時(shí)它又是一種文化現(xiàn)象,它的誕生和運(yùn)用與社會(huì)文化密切相連.本文從文化研究的角度入手,列舉實(shí)例分析英漢委婉語(yǔ)的文化差異,為我們更好地運(yùn)用委婉語(yǔ)提供必不可少的理論幫助.
2. 委婉:我們了解到英文修辭學(xué)是非常精深?yuàn)W妙的.除了上文提到的修辭手法外,英語(yǔ)里還有頭韻(Alliteration),諧音(Assonance),反語(yǔ)(Irony),諷刺(Sarcasm),扼式搭配(Zeugma),省略(Ellipsis),通感(Synesthesia),委婉(Euphemism)和新造復(fù)合詞法等.有些方法還有更細(xì)的分支,
3. 委婉法:委婉法(Euphemism)是指為了策略或禮貌起見(jiàn),使用溫和的,令人愉快的,不害人的語(yǔ)言來(lái)表達(dá)令人厭惡的,傷心或不宜直說(shuō)的事實(shí),這樣的一種修辭手段.
4. 委婉詞:女性主義語(yǔ)言學(xué)家對(duì)性別主義用詞所進(jìn)行的研究,說(shuō)明了語(yǔ)言的性別化及委婉詞(euphemism)的使用同樣地貶抑了女性(見(jiàn)Lakoff,1975). 因此,對(duì)性別主義迷思的解構(gòu)(deconstruction),是女性研究(women's studies)的一個(gè)重要目標(biāo)及議程;
以上就是本站詳細(xì)整理的詞語(yǔ)euphemism是什么意思的翻譯解釋,供大家參考一下。
We should have known, of course, that for him the term is a mere euphemism.(但我們應(yīng)該知道,這其實(shí)是他的委婉表達(dá)。)
It's kind of a euphemism, really.(其實(shí),這是一種委婉的說(shuō)法。)
The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.(Vintage這個(gè)詞是從葡萄酒釀酒的術(shù)語(yǔ)中借用過(guò)來(lái)的(原本意思是“陳年的”),在這里是對(duì)“舊”衣服的一個(gè)委婉的說(shuō)法,更具古典氣質(zhì)。)
It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.(我們也應(yīng)該十分清楚所謂“部分準(zhǔn)備金倉(cāng)儲(chǔ)制度”不過(guò)是對(duì)欺詐和侵占行為的一種委婉說(shuō)法。)
But Varney, tall and professorial, did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.(但身材高大且有學(xué)者派頭的瓦尼并沒(méi)有把她的發(fā)言要點(diǎn)用法律術(shù)語(yǔ)或者委婉說(shuō)法掩蓋起來(lái)。)
This is not a euphemism, Erich clarifies. "Fun and games means charades,” he says, firmly.(這不是委婉用語(yǔ),開(kāi)心作樂(lè)說(shuō)的是猜謎游戲。)
The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism.(這種華而不實(shí)的風(fēng)格本身就是一種委婉語(yǔ)。)
The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs nowadays.(如今“提前退休”這個(gè)詞幾乎總是下崗的委婉語(yǔ)。)
The euphemism now lies buried beneath the rubble of reality.(如今這些安慰話都被埋葬在現(xiàn)實(shí)的碎石之下。)
"Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern".(如今“邊緣”一詞已不再是縮寫、而是“南部”的委婉說(shuō)法。)
'Foreign workers', a euphemism for civilian prisoners brought in from countries under German occupation.