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。
"I'd see a few friends or race past a blind pig," she said, using the euphemism for Prohibition-era drinking establishments.
“我看见些朋友和族人路过私酒铺，”她这是委婉地提及禁酒时代的饮酒场所。
Praising this as “efficient” or “streamlined” is a euphemism, not to mention slightly creepy (a lynch-mob makes streamlined decisions, but nobody wants to copy that).
将之称赞为“高效”“简化”是委婉之辞，更不必说这还有点令人毛骨悚然（一群行私刑的暴民就能进行高效的决策，但没人希望推广这种模式）。
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.
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。
Taboo words can be mildly offensive to extremely offensive, and people will often use a more mild euphemism to replace a swear word when in mixed (or unknown) company.
禁忌词汇的程度可能从轻度污蔑到严重污蔑，人们一般常会在复杂(或者不明)的场合下，用温和些的婉转语来代替粗口。
Euphemism shall need to take omit means, save some words, make its semantic ambiguity or concealed to vulgar harsh or impolite part.
委婉语会应需要采取省略手段，省去某些字眼，使其语义含混或隐去卑俗刺耳或不礼貌的部分。
On word order:Subject-less sentences can be used in Chinese to show the meaning of euphemism while English tends to use passive voice or expletive words.
在词序方面，汉语中使用无主句可表达委婉语气，英语中不能省略主语，但能用空语类或使用被动态表达委婉语气；
To speak of or refer to by means of a euphemism.
对轻微肥胖的委婉说法。
There's always a euphemism for it — like 'the test facility' or 'the base' — but never Area 51.
总有一些模棱两可的暗指——比如测试设备'或者基地'——但就是没有第51区'。
Euphemism is not only euphemistic words or expressions. It is rather a way of expression by the application of language to communication.
委婉表达不仅指委婉词语，它更是积极运用语言进行交际的一种表达方式。
However, because of the difference of life habit or custom and the taboo of different culture, we must learn to use Euphemism to avoid embarrassment or unhappiness.
由于某些生活习惯或习俗差异，以及不同文化背景的社会具有不同的忌讳，这时我们就必须学会使用委婉语以避免尴尬或不愉快。
Euphemism is to use euphemistic and gentle words to express or replace things which are taboo or inconvenient to mention or considered as vulgar or unclean.
委婉语就是用婉转的、文雅的话语来表述或代替人们所忌讳的、不便提及的以及被认为是不雅的、不洁的事物。
There's always a euphemism for it -- like 'the test facility' or 'the base' -- but never Area 51.
总有一些模棱两可的暗指——比如‘测试设备’或者‘基地’——但就是没有‘第51区’。
There's always a euphemism for it -- like 'the test facility' or 'the base' -- but never Area 51.
总有一些模棱两可的暗指——比如‘测试设备’或者‘基地’——但就是没有‘第51区’。
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