| 词汇 | euphemism |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 1656, from Gk. euphemismos "use of a favorable word in place of an inauspicious one," from euphemizein "speak with fair words," from eu- "good" + pheme "speaking," from phanai "speak" (see fame). In ancient Greece, the superstitious avoidance of words of ill-omen during religious ceremonies, or substitutions such as Eumenides "the Gracious Ones" for the Furies (see also Euxine). In Eng., a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. 词根记忆： 委婉的词语(eu+phem讲话+ism→讲好话)[eu-表示"好,优秀"] 委婉的说法(eu好+phem+ism讲好话)[phem=speech(讲话)] 词根词缀： euphemism euphemism委婉的词语(eu+phem讲话+ism=讲好话) eu-表示”好,优秀”eulogize赞美(eu+log说+ize=说好话) euphemism委婉的词语(eu+phem讲话+ism=讲好话) euphonious声音优美的(eu+phon声音+ious=声音好听的) eurhythmic协调的(eu+rhythm节奏+ic) euphoria幸福愉快感(eu+phor带来+ia=带来美好=愉快) eugenics优生学(eu+gen产出+ics=产生优秀(后代) =优秀生) euphemism 委婉的说法(eu好+phem+is—m—讲好话) phem=speech (讲话) blasphemy 亵渎(blas坏+phem+y—讲坏话) euphemism 委婉的说法(eu好+phem+is—m—讲好话) |
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