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1、PartVIDirectvs.IndirectEnglish:IndirectChinese:DirectIndirectEnglishIEuphemismIIImplicitnessIIIPeriphrasisIEuphemismEuphemizingisgenerallydefinedassubstitutinganinoffensiveorpleasanttermforamoreexplicit,offensiveone,therebyveneeringthetruthbyusingkindwords.ForE
2、xample:InprivateIshouldmerelycallhimaliar.InthePressyoushouldusethewords:"Recklessdisregardfortruth"andinParliament---thatyouregrethe"shouldhavebeensomisinformed".委婉是一种比较间接的方式来谈论不宜直言的人或事物。为了：1）回避或掩盖某些严酷的社会现实；2）为了防止“出口伤人”；3）避免“有失体统”，显得文明礼貌。1.BothEnglishandChines
3、ehaveEuphemismwhichareusedtoexpressboring,awful,disgustanddisgracefulthings.1）“死亡”2）“上厕所”3）“怀孕”4）“身体太胖”5）“老人，年老”1）“死亡”passaway;breatheone’slast;gotoone’sMaker;bewithGod;sleepwithone’sfathersjointhegreatmajority;paythedebtofnaturegotoglory;gotoabetterworld;sleep
4、thefinalsleep,crosstheGreatDivide,climbthegoldenstaircase.逝世、寿终、作古、谢世、归寂、坐化、牺牲、阵亡、殉职、捐躯、百年、与世长辞；古代还有按等级之分的死：帝王之死“崩”或“晏驾”，诸侯之死“篳”；大夫之死“卒”，士之死“不禄”。2）“上厕所”gototherestroom,usethebathroom,washone’shands,relieveoneself,answeracallofnature;（男）seeamanaboutahorse,（女）fix
5、one’sface,powderone’snose大便、小便、方便、解手、大解、小解、净手、如厕、去洗手间3）“怀孕”beexpecting,inafamilyway,(AmericanEnglish)inthefamilyway,(English)inaninterestingcondition有喜、重身子、双身子、产妇、身怀六甲4）“身体太胖”stoutontheheavyside发福5）“老人，年老”seniorcitizeneldlypeopleadvancedinage年迈年长上了年纪上岁数年事已高2.Co
6、mparedwithChinese,Englishhasmoreeuphemismsandtheyareusedmorefrequently.powderroom----ladies’room女厕所unpleasantodour------nastysmell难闻的气味assault------rape强奸soiledlinen------dirtyclothes脏衣服unmentionables/nethergarments/inexpressibles----trousers裤子InmordernUKorUS,e
7、uphemizing,implicitandhumorspeechisregaredasmarkofcivilizationandpoliteness.Inrecenttenyears,theusageofeuphemismissopopularthatnearlydeepintoeverycornerofsociallifeandpublicorprivatebusiness.Mostofthemarevivdandinterstingandcanreflectsocialandculturallife2.1Off
8、icialEuphemism官方委婉语。2.2OccupationalEuphemism职业委婉语。2.3SchoolEuphemism学校委婉语。2.4Others各种事物委婉语2.1OfficalEuphemismincludesallkindsofofficialese（官方英语）:1)bureaucratese联邦政府官僚英语2)Pen
