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)。
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