euphemism

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• We should have known, of course, that for him the term is a mere euphemism.(但我们应该知道，这其实是他的委婉表达。)
• It's kind of a euphemism, really.(其实，这是一种委婉的说法。)
• The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.(Vintage这个词是从葡萄酒酿酒的术语中借用过来的(原本意思是“陈年的”)，在这里是对“旧”衣服的一个委婉的说法，更具古典气质。)
• It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.(我们也应该十分清楚所谓“部分准备金仓储制度”不过是对欺诈和侵占行为的一种委婉说法。)
• But Varney, tall and professorial, did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.(但身材高大且有学者派头的瓦尼并没有把她的发言要点用法律术语或者委婉说法掩盖起来。)
• This is not a euphemism, Erich clarifies. "Fun and games means charades,” he says, firmly.(这不是委婉用语，开心作乐说的是猜谜游戏。)
• The inflated style itself is a kind of euphemism.(这种华而不实的风格本身就是一种委婉语。)
• The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for layoffs nowadays.(如今“提前退休”这个词几乎总是下岗的委婉语。)
• The euphemism now lies buried beneath the rubble of reality.(如今这些安慰话都被埋葬在现实的碎石之下。)
• "Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern".(如今“边缘”一词已不再是缩写、而是“南部”的委婉说法。)