【euphemism】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句
英语(English)
词源(Etymology)
Recorded since 1656; from Ancient Greek εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós), from εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō), from εὔφημος (eúphēmos, “uttering sound of good omen, abstaining from inauspicious words”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”), from φάναι (phánai, “to speak, say”).
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euphemism (countable and uncountable, plural euphemisms)
- (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
- a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, I, page 118:
- Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.
- 2019 July 26, David J. Ulin, “Op-Ed: I’m Jewish and I don’t say this lightly: ‘Never again’ is right now in America”, in LA Times[1]:
- In 1946, George Orwell addressed the relationship of language to reality and suggested that euphemism, not imperfect analogy, was the real danger. If we don’t use shocking language to describe a shocking circumstance, can we truly recognize what is happening?
- (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
- a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, I, page 118:
- When it is said of the martyr St. Stephen, that “he fell asleep,” instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor, intimating a resemblance between sleep and the death of such a person.
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翻译(Translations)
use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive
word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way
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查看更多(Further reading)
euphemism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Euphemism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- euphemism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- euphemism in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- euphemism at OneLook Dictionary Search
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- English terms derived from the PIE root *bʰeh₂- (speak)
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