Euphemism

EuphemismDefinitionWhydoweuseeuphemism?Introductionofeuphemism.Thechangeoftheeuphemism.DefinitionEuphemism:“eu”means“well”or“soundinggood”and“pheme”means“speech”.ItisacommonlinguisticphenomenonintheEnglishlanguage.Itismild,agreeable,orroundaboutwordusedinplaceofcoarse,painful,oroffensiveone.IntroductionDeathtogototheheaven(上天堂去了)；togotoabetterworld（到極樂世界去了）：tomakeone‘sexit（退場）topayone’sdebttonature(向大自然還債了)；topassaway(去世了)；tickthebucket（翹辮子）turnupone’stoes（伸腳趾）tobreatheone’slast(咽氣了）;togotoone‘slonghome（回到永久之家）;toreturntodust（歸之塵土）tobeasleepintheArmsofGod（安睡在上帝的懷中）tobeatpeace(本義）平靜了tobecalledtoGod(本義）被召喚到上帝那tobecalledhome(本義）被召回家tobehomeandfree(本義）到家自由了tohavefallenasleep(本義）入睡了tohavefoundrest(本義）得到安息tojoinone'sancestors(本義）加入先人的行列toleavethisworld(本義）離開今世topayone‘sfee(本義）付費torestinpeace(本義）安息togowest（歸西天）tobenomore（沒了，不在了）tolaydownone’slife（犧牲)toendone’sday（壽終)tocrossovertotheotherside（去世）togotothehappyhuntingground（去世）

tobeoutofpain擺脫痛苦togotoone’sglory(升天)todoone‘sbit盡職了tolaydownone‘slife放下自己的生命tocancelone‘saccount銷帳payone’slastdebt付最后一筆債tofadeaway消失tobefree解脫了tobegone去了tobenomore不復(fù)存在tocloseone’seyes瞑目tocometoanend結(jié)束togobeyond到遠(yuǎn)方去thecallofGod上帝的召喚thefinaldeparture最后離去finalsleep最后一覺jointhegreatmajority加入大多數(shù)withGod和上帝在一起withtheirFather與圣父在一起IllnessAidssocialdisease(艾滋病)Cancerterminalillness（絕癥）/CLeprosyHansen’sdisease（麻風(fēng)?。㏕uberculosisT.B（肺結(jié)核）BodyodorB.O(狐臭)Constipation(便秘）irregularity(紊亂)Acne(痤瘡)problemskinvenerealdisease（性?。￢.D.Pregnantpreparingthebassinet（本義）準(zhǔn)備搖籃rattleshopping（本義）采購?fù)婢遰ehearinglullabies（本義）練唱催眠曲tospoilawoman'sshape（本義）壞了女子體型tosprainanankle（本義）扭傷腳踝toswallowawatermelonseed（本義）吞了顆西瓜子waitingforthepatteroflittlefeet（本義）等帶小腳丫聲toweartheapronhigh（本義）圍裙系高awaitingwoman（本義）等待中的婦女excretiontobecaughtshort(本義）給了個冷不妨thecallofnature(本義）自然的需要CanIaddsomepowder?(本義）我可以茶點粉嗎?tocash(write)acheck(本義）兌(開)張支票todoajobforoneself(本義）做點私事doone‘sbusiness(本義）干自己的活towashone‘shands(本義）洗洗手

toeaseoneself(本義）自我輕松一下toeliminate(本義）逐出evacuation(本義）排空toexcrete(本義）排泄tofindahavenofrest(本義）尋找安息所tofixone'sface(本義）化裝

togointoretreat(本義）去僻靜togosomewhere(本義）出去一下togotoone'sprivateoffice(本義）到私人辦公室去togotobathroom(本義）到洗澡間MayIadjourn?(本義）我可以變換一下地方嗎？MayIpleasebeexcused?(本義）失陪了naturalnecessity(本義）自然的需要naturestop(本義）自然需要停車topluckarose(本義）摘朵玫瑰

powderone'snose(本義）搽點粉torelieveoneself(本義）輕松一下

tofreshenup(本義）梳洗打扮togetsomefreshair(本義）去呼吸一點新鮮空氣togiveoneselfease(本義）使自己舒服一下povertybadlyoff（短缺的）lesswelloff（不太寬裕的）indigent（缺少錢物的）downonone’sluck（時運不濟）hardupformoney（缺錢）indifficulty（處于困境）underprivileged（經(jīng)濟狀況低下的）disadvantage（處于不利地位的）have-nots（不富有的人）amanofmodestmeans（財產(chǎn)不多的人）negativesaver（積蓄為負(fù)值的人）backwardnations（滯后國家）underdevelopednations（欠發(fā)達(dá)國家）developingnations（發(fā)展中國家）emergingnations（新興國家）thethirdworld（第三世界）

DevelopingcountryDescribeapersonOld：seniorcitizen、thelonger-lived、maturegoldenage、elderlyoradvancedinage（高壽）secondchildhood(第二童年)養(yǎng)老院：aresthome（休養(yǎng)所）、aprivatehospital（私人醫(yī)院）、anursinghome（護理之家）Fat：chubby、strong、portly、mature、putonweight（發(fā)了福）、plumpUgly：plain、ordinaryImbecile：educable（可教育的）、trainable（可培訓(xùn)的）Professionshoemakershoerebuilder重整鞋dishwasherutensilmaintenance器皿保全工garbagecollectorsanitationengineer清潔工butchermeattechnologist肉類技術(shù)專家hair-dressercosmetologist美發(fā)師undertakerfuneraldirector殯儀負(fù)責(zé)人Prostitutepavementprincess馬路天使

Washwomanclothingrefresher清理衣服者dogcatcheranimalcontrolwarden動物控制人員busboysanitarians衛(wèi)生保持人員pressmanpressoperator印刷工secretaryadministrativeassistant秘書foreman工頭，領(lǐng)班supervisor領(lǐng)導(dǎo)Thechangeoftheeuphemism.Thechangesoflanguagedependontheneedandchangesofthesociety.Andeuphemismundergoesaprocessofmetabolism.Itbearsamarkedbrandoftimes.Example1“Sheispregnant”hasmanydifferenteuphemisticexpressionsindifferenttimes.(1)Shehascanceledallhersocialengagements.(1856)(2)Sheisinaninterestingcondition.(1880)(3)Sheisinadelicatec