“ Queer ” is the word often used euphemistically for “ mad ”. “Queer”这个词常用作“mad”的委婉语。
The Great Society needs a more creative approach to what are euphemistically called the golden years. 对这些被冠之以金色年代的老年人,社会需要采取更为积极有效的态度。
Then came what the French euphemistically call'the events of may '-the student revolution. 随后发生了法国人委婉地称之为“五月事件”的学生革命。
'Be no more' is a euphemism for 'be dead' his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away. 他的突然死亡被委婉地称作去世。
However disingenuous you may consider such a remark to be, it is to be hoped that there is a large kernel of truth in there because, to put it euphemistically, 2009 will be one of the most interesting years bankers have seen. 不管你觉得这种言论多么没有诚意,我们还是希望,这句话的主要内容是真实的,因为委婉地说,2009年将会是银行家所见过的最有意思的年份之一。
Instead of being able to devalue, the only way for eurozone countries to remain at all competitive will be for wages to adjust, euphemistically known in Europe as an "internal devaluation." 欧元区国家要想从根本上保持竞争力,货币贬值不是办法,唯一的途径是调整工资,这在欧洲被委婉地称作“内部贬值。”
Euphemistically known as "legacy codes," they were in fact far older. Mir. What's funny here, of course, is the way in which the euphemisms of biz-talk are always one small step from bloody disdain. 委婉地说,这些文件是早已过时的遗产密码。这里的幽默之处在于,商业用语中的委婉说法,其实离对他人的极端鄙视只有一步之遥。
Goldman executives talk euphemistically about the need to "reinforce" its values. 高盛的高管平时委婉地谈论“强化”其价值观的需要。
To speak specifically, concerning gender variation of language, female college students generally speak more euphemistically both in China and America; 性别的民俗言语方面,中国男女两性大学生的话语委婉程度均高于美国男女大学生;
Do doctors speak in the same way, euphemistically to ask different patients? 对不同的病人,医生是否使用同一的询问方式?
After the legalization of the opium trade, foreign opium, euphemistically described as "foreign drugs" as a legal commodity taxation, every tax-jin silver 12. 鸦片贸易合法化以后,外国鸦片美其名为洋药,作为合法商品课税,每百斤纳税银十两。