委婉

ethnography of communication

交际人种学

本章以Dell Hymes的交际人种学(Ethnography of Communication)为理论基础,对影响委婉语使用的交际语境各要素分别进行了分析. 同时对委婉语的语用特征及社会功能也进行了概述,并探讨了英语委婉语使用中所反映的文化价值观...

Pantyhose

裤袜

因为随着时间的推移委婉语会逐渐失去委婉的特明是机修工(mechanic)却委婉的称为汽车工程师(automobile engineer);明明是屠夫(butcher),也委婉地称为肉类技义的,大量使用充满积极意义的词汇给人们带来了美好的联想. 如:在美国,女士在购买连裤袜(pantyhose)时,常遇到

five-finger discount

偷窃的委婉说法

extracting the urine 戏弄他人 | five-finger-discount 偷窃的委婉说法 | give someone the boot 解雇

Humours

(幽默) (幽默) 幽默

13 Euphemism (委婉) (委婉) 委婉 | 14 Grotesque (怪诞) (怪诞) 怪诞 | 15 Humours (幽默) (幽默) 幽默

She's plain/plain-looking

她相貌平平(该词是ugly的委婉说法)

10)He's really a law-down dirty shame. 他是个不知羞耻的人. | 1) She's plain/plain-looking. 她相貌平平(该词是ugly的委婉说法) | 2) She's a pill. 她是个讨厌的人. (不到万不得已,没人喜欢吃药吧)

I'm sugar-coating it

我已经说得很委婉了 老兄! 那可是博吉斯 班池和比恩

You're exaggerating, B... | I'm sugar-coating it, man! This is Boggis, Bunce, and Bean!|我已经说得很委婉了 老兄! 那可是博吉斯 班池和比恩! | Three of the meanest, nastiest, ugliest farmers in the histor...

I'm sugar-coating it

[我说的够委婉了]

8.superb:adj.卓越的, 杰出的, 极好的 | 9.I'm sugar-coating it[我说的够委婉了] | 10.doughnut:甜甜圈

I'm sugar-coating it, man! This is Boggis, Bunce, and Bean

我已经说得很委婉了 老兄! 那可是博吉斯 班池和比恩

You're exaggerating, B... | I'm sugar-coating it, man! This is Boggis, Bunce, and Bean!|我已经说得很委婉了 老兄! 那可是博吉斯 班池和比恩! | Three of the meanest, nastiest, ugliest farmers in the histor...

That's standard euphemism for assassinations in regimes of this ilk

这是这种政权 对暗杀的委婉说法

No, they'll probably claim he killed himself in police custod... | That's standard euphemism for assassinations in regimes of this ilk.|这是这种政权 对暗杀的委婉说法 | No, no one's going to swallow tha...

positive rotary pump

归委婉容积泵

回转滑片泵: rolling vane pump | 归委婉容积泵: positive rotary pump | 来转式滑片泵: rotary vane pump

Ontario moonstone：安大略月光石,安大略月长石

onicolo 玛瑙 | Ontario moonstone 安大略月光石,安大略月长石 | onychite 雪花石膏

She is vilified by the press for her controversial view：因她持有异议,新闻界对她横加挞伐

牐12. vilify 诽谤,中伤 | 牐燬he is vilified by the press for her controversial view. 因她持有异议,新闻界对她横加挞伐. | 牐13. decry 责难,诽谤