这种夸张的风格本身就是委婉说法的一种。
“用户费”不过是政治家对“税款”的委婉说法。
说约翰境况不佳是委婉的说法,他其实已经身无分文。
Saying that John was badly off is to put it mildly. He was indeed penniless.
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。
It should also be clear that "fractional-reserve warehousing" is only a euphemism for fraud and embezzlement.
第二种委婉说法将这种不正报酬(dodgy payment)伪装成行贿者的友好礼物。
A second type of euphemism dresses up a dodgy payment as a friendly favour done by the bribe-payer.
如果雇主正要解雇你,提出让你提前退休,或用其它委婉的说法解雇你,你可能很难马上找到其它工作。
If your employer is letting you go, offering early retirement or using another euphemism for firing you, it may be hard to find another job immediately.
对于绝大多数生育的妇女- - -和绝大多数观看她们的男人- - -这些“感觉”是一种对痛苦的委婉说法。
For the majority of women who have given birth - and most of the men who have watched them - these "sensations" are a euphemism for pain.
这可能是“让你的尊严见鬼去吧。” 的委婉说法。
如今“边缘”一词已不再是缩写、而是“南部”的委婉说法。
"Peripheral" is now no longer a shorthand term, but a euphemism for "southern".
“直觉”并非某种委婉的说法,腹中的那种张力使你明确的表示出你真实所想,这超越了所有理论和依据。
"Gut feeling" is not just a euphemism. Tension in the abdomen speaks volumes about how you truly feel about something, beyond all arguments and rationales.
工作前景很糟糕,她说她什么也做不了,“对家庭也一样”(家政服务的委婉说法)。
Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).
今年,她们家没有办法种植主要的农作物高粱,莎丽拉说到,而且她们家的水牛都“不健康”了--对于挨饿的一种委婉说法。
The family has been unable to plant its main sorghum crop, she says, and their buffaloes are becoming “diseased”, a euphemism for starving.
坚守预算——甚至许多理财规划师都忌讳这个词语,他们更倾向于委婉的说法“支出计划”——如同节食一般,貌似太过了。
Sticking to a budget - a dirty word even among many financial planners, who prefer the more euphemistic "spending plan" - feels too much like dieting.
所以,这个州很可能无法履行银行债务(用流行的委婉说法,它要进行债务“重组”),贷款得不到偿还的银行可能因此被拖垮。
So the state probably would default on its bank debt (“restructure” the debt is the current euphemism), and this might bring down the banks that had made the loans that were now in default.
其实,这是一种委婉的说法。
雷蒙德先生对提前退休的解释是他想回家享天伦之乐,但这种说法通常只是一个被排挤的人为了免于尴尬的委婉托词罢了。
Mr Reinemund's explanation for retiring early, that he wants to spend more time with his family, is often a euphemism to spare the embarrassment of someone forced out.
“很少”这里都是委婉的说法。
后来做烧烤的告诉他这个秘密:点“白色牛排”(猪肉在以色列的委婉说法),书名也源自这个启发。
Then a grill man told him the secret: order "the white steak," a common euphemism for pork in Israel, and one of the inspirations for the name of the book.
后来做烧烤的告诉他这个秘密:点“白色牛排”(猪肉在以色列的委婉说法),书名也源自这个启发。
Then a grill man told him the secret: order “the white steak,” a common euphemism for pork in Israel, and one of the inspirations for the name of the book.
英语里,死的委婉说法超过200个。
There are over 200 euphemisms for death in the English language.
委婉些的说法就是只看事物的光亮面。
动物福利事业团体称之为对狩猎的战利品一种委婉的说法,而狩猎是肯尼亚在1977年就被禁止了的。
Animal-welfare groups call that a euphemism for trophy hunting, which Kenya banned in 1977.
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。
But Varney, tall and professorial, did not hide her message behind legalese or euphemism.
避免使用诸如“回家了”、“在天堂里”这样的委婉说法。
And do not use confusing euphemisms such as "called home" and "happy in heaven."
“旧物”(pre-owned)是二手手表的委婉说法。
“旧物”(pre-owned)是二手手表的委婉说法。
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