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euphemism n.婉言，委婉的说法 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" (see eu-) + pheme "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. 【记】eu 优 + phem 说，phrase 句，语【相关】blaspheme 亵渎，咒骂，dysphemism 粗话，euphemism 委婉的说法

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['ju:fimizəm] 【考】 euphemism : offense / equivocation(prevarication): truth / obfuscation :clarity(委婉说法不会冒犯/ 含糊其词不会真实/困 惑不会清楚)euphemism : offensive / aphorism : diffuse(委婉言辞不会冒犯的 /格言不会冗长的)【记】 eu(好)+phem(出现)+i sm→以好的语言出现 →委婉的说法【同】 同根词：ephemeral( 短暂的)【例】 Pass away is a euphemism for die. n. 委婉的说法(用适度的、不直接的、含糊的词来取代令人感到粗鲁的、过于率直的、具有冒犯性的词)【记】eu好, phem出现－以好的语言出现－委婉的说法【参】ephemeral(adj 短暂的)【类】euphemism: offense = equivocation[prevarication]: truthobfuscation: clarity委婉说法不会冒犯 = 含糊其词不会真实 = 困惑不会清楚euphemism: offensive = aphorism: diffuse委婉言辞不是冒犯的 = 格言不是散漫的euphemistic: offend = invulnerable: injure(不确定)委婉的不易冒犯 = 无懈可击的不易伤害

单词	euphemism
音标	['ju:fimizəm]
解释	n.婉言，委婉的说法
红宝书	【考】 euphemism : offense / equivocation(prevarication): truth / obfuscation :clarity(委婉说法不会冒犯/ 含糊其词不会真实/困惑不会清楚)euphemism : offensive / aphorism : diffuse(委婉言辞不会冒犯的 /格言不会冗长的) 【记】 eu(好)+phem(出现)+i sm→以好的语言出现 →委婉的说法【同】同根词：ephemeral( 短暂的) 【例】 Pass away is a euphemism for die.
字源	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" (see eu-) + pheme "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.
不择手段背单词	n. 委婉的说法(用适度的、不直接的、含糊的词来取代令人感到粗鲁的、过于率直的、具有冒犯性的词) 【记】eu好, phem出现－以好的语言出现－委婉的说法【参】ephemeral(adj 短暂的) 【类】euphemism: offense = equivocation[prevarication]: truthobfuscation: clarity委婉说法不会冒犯 = 含糊其词不会真实 = 困惑不会清楚euphemism: offensive = aphorism: diffuse委婉言辞不是冒犯的 = 格言不是散漫的euphemistic: offend = invulnerable: injure(不确定)委婉的不易冒犯 = 无懈可击的不易伤害
趣味全助记	【记】eu 优 + phem 说，phrase 句，语【相关】blaspheme 亵渎，咒骂，dysphemism 粗话，euphemism 委婉的说法

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