euphemistic

柯林斯词典

euphemistic /ˈjuːfɪˌmɪstɪk/

• 1. ADJ Euphemistic language uses polite, pleasant, or neutral words and expressions to refer to things that people may find unpleasant, upsetting, or embarrassing to talk about, for example, sex, the human body, or death. 委婉的

  ...a euphemistic way of saying that someone has been lying. …說某人一直在撒謊的委婉說法。

• 2. euphemisticallyADV 委婉地[ADV with v]

  ...political prisons, called euphemistically "reeducation camps."

  …被委婉地稱爲“再教育營”的政治監獄。

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