euphemistically
委婉地
常用释义
英音[ ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪkli ]
美音[ ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪkli ]
基本释义
- adv. 委婉地；婉言地
例句
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1·The prison camps were euphemistically called 'retraining centres'.战俘营被委婉地称作“再训练中心”。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·Goldman executives talk euphemistically about the need to "reinforce" its values.高盛的高管委婉的谈到需要“巩固”其价值。
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3·First, Americans express themselves directly, while Chinese act more euphemistically.第一，美国人会直接表达意思，然而中国人会表现地委婉一点。
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4·Also, there's a lot of unaccounted for space on the third floor euphemistically dubbed the "library."而且，在三楼还有一处面积未明但被勉强称作“图书馆”的地方。
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5·If these GDP data were company earnings, they would be what analysts euphemistically call 'low quality.如果这样的GDP数据是公司收益，分析师们肯定会委婉地称之为低质量收益。
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6·The current financial debacle is really not a "liquidity" crisis as it is often euphemistically called.目前的金融危机实在不是人们相信的那种“流动性”的危机。
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7·The less grand universities, now euphemistically called "mainstream", will see their economics changed too.那些不那么著名的大学，现在被美其名曰“主流”大学，也会面临经济上的变化。
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8·Making matters even worse, these problems led to what is euphemistically referred to as the "credit crunch."令情况更糟的是，这些问题导致了空子称为“信贷紧缩的信贷紧缩。”
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9·Under the law, utilities were entitled to a profit, euphemistically called a rate of return, on all their expenses.根据法律的规定，公用事业公司有权获得一些收益，这被委婉地称为“回报费”，它们的确投入了各种各样的开支。
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10·But most of the school heard the reporter's interview with the intention, are euphemistically refused an interview.不过大多数学校听到记者的采访意图后，都委婉地拒绝了采访。
同义词
adv.
委婉地；婉言地
同根词
词根：
euphemism