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。
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。
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。
Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism., question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.
如此一来，这种语言不得不大部地由委婉语、让人纳闷和完全云遮雾罩的模糊构成。
"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.
“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。
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。
'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.
“去世”是“死”的委婉语。
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.
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。
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.
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。
The family has been unable to plant its main sorghum crop, she says, and their buffaloes are becoming “diseased”, a euphemism for starving.
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。
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。
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。
"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。
The word "savings", by contrast, which is Mr Osborne's preferred euphemism for cuts, features prominently in the middle.
相比之下，奥斯本先生喜欢用“节省”来委婉地表示“削减”，显眼地陈列在中间。
"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。
The dispassionate euphemism “underperformer” is one that I have never heard anyone use to describe themselves.
我从来不曾听过有人会用不带情感色彩的委婉语“表现欠佳者”来形容自己。
Job prospects were grim though, and she said she'd take anything, even "working for a family" (a euphemism for domestic service).
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)。
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。
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。
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.
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。
Animal-welfare groups call that a euphemism for trophy hunting, which Kenya banned in 1977.
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。
A second type of euphemism dresses up a dodgy payment as a friendly favour done by the bribe-payer.
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.
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。
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