'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'.
“去世”是“死”的委婉语。
'User fees' is just a politician's euphemism for taxes.
“用户费”不过是政治家对“税款”的委婉说法。
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。
It's kind of a euphemism, really.
其实，这是一种委婉的说法。
"Rarely" is a euphemism there.
“很少”这里都是委婉的说法。
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。
'Pre-owned' is the euphemism for second-hand watches.
“旧物”(pre-owned)是二手手表的委婉说法。
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。
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。
"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。
When someone says great interest, that's a euphemism for embroiled in controversy.
当人们说有极大的兴趣时，那是对卷入争议的一种赞美。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Another criticism of episodic games is that "episode" could just prove to be a euphemism for "sequel".
对于章节游戏另一大批评是“章节”其实是“续集”的代名词。
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。
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。
This worked as an all-purpose greeting, and it was a euphemism for "Wow, the air is really polluted today!"
这可是个万能招呼，并且是个委婉语表达：“嗬，今儿的天是够污染的了！”
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。
The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.
Vintage这个词是从葡萄酒酿酒的术语中借用过来的(原本意思是“陈年的”)，在这里是对“旧”衣服的一个委婉的说法，更具古典气质。
"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。
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)。
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。
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。
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