euphemism

英 ['ju?f?m?z(?)m] 美['juf?m?z?m]

GRE低頻詞TEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?euphemisms;副詞:?euphemistically;形容詞:?euphemistic;

euphemism 委婉語

eu-, 好的。-phem, 說，詞源同fame, phone.

euphemism: euphemism: [17] Etymologically, euphemism means ‘speaking with good words’. Greek euphēmismós, a compound formed ultimately from the prefix eu- ‘good, well’ and phémē ‘speech, saying’ (a relative of English fable, fame, and fate), originally denoted the avoidance of words of ill omen at religious ceremonies, but it was subsequently taken up by grammarians to signify the substitution of a less for a more offensive word. Its opposite, dysphemism ‘use of a more offensive word’, is a modern coinage, formed in the late 19th century using the Greek prefix dus- ‘bad, difficult’.
=> fable, fame, fate
euphemism (n.): 1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one," from euphemizein "speak with fair words, use words of good omen," from eu- "good, well" (see eu-) + pheme "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking," from phanai "speak" (see fame (n.)).

In ancient Greece, the superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies, or substitutions such as Eumenides "the Gracious Ones" for the Furies (see also Euxine). In English, a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. Related: Euphemistic; euphemistically.

1. 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法。

3. The word " euphemism " originates from Greek.: 委婉語( euphemism )一詞源自希臘語,從字面上理解是指用好聽的言語或令人愉快的方式來說話.

4. Huang mother - in - law face a cash reward, Yao master euphemism refused.: 面對(duì)黃婆婆的現(xiàn)金酬謝, 姚師傅委婉拒絕.

5. Language reflects culture and euphemism is a mirror of culture.: 語言反映文化,而婉語則是各種文化的一面鏡子.