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。
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。
Mr Takayama was asked whether any of Olympus's financial advisers had ties to "anti-social forces", a euphemism for the yakuza (Japanese Mafia). He replied: "I don't acknowledge that at all."
当被问及奥林巴斯的财务顾问是否与“反社会势力”(对日本黑帮“极道”的委婉称谓)有染时，高山回答到：“根本就没有这么回事！”
The podictionary word for today is “sugar”: I was glad to see that “sugar” at Urbandictionary had twice as many votes for its meaning as a euphemism for a kiss, than for cocaine.
今天的选词是sugar：在《城市词典》中，人们对单词sugar的两个意思进行了投票——它通常被用来委婉地表示两件事物，一是香吻，二是可卡因——而最终，前者的得票是后者的两倍。 对此，我感到十分欣慰。
'Pre-owned' is the euphemism for second-hand watches.
“旧物”(pre-owned)是二手手表的委婉说法。
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）。
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。
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。
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