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1、OnCharacteristicsandApplicationofEnglishEuphemismContentsAbstractⅰ摘要ⅱIntroduction11TheOriginandDefinitionofEuphemism22TheCharacteristicsofEnglishEuphemism32.1Universality32.2HavingDivisionoftheSentimentalColor32.3HavingLife42.4Sociality42.5Re-symbolism42.
2、6Arbitrariness52.7Accuracy52.8Conventionality53TheApplicationofEnglishEuphemisminDailyLife63.1InOccupationApplication63.1.1ToRaisetheProfessionalStatus63.1.2ToBeautifyCoarse,GratingOccupation73.1.3ToUsetheAnalogy73.2InEducationApplication83.3InPoliticsand
3、WarApplication83.4InDiseaseApplication93.5InAgeandWeightApplication103.6InSexApplication113.7InBirthApplication11Conclusion13Bibliography1414[Abstract]：Ineverysocietytherearecertainthingsthataresupposedtobeunspeakable.Afairnumberofwordsmakesomeoneembarras
4、sed、unhappy、dislikeorfearwhenusedincommunication.Ifweexpressthemeaninginthedirectway,wewillmakesuchimpressionwhichisvulgar,frivolous,andimpolite.Inordertoavoidtheembarrassmentoreasethestingofharshwords,manhascreatedeuphemisms.Inwesterncultures,manyofthefi
5、eldsthatpeopletendtoeuphemizewidelyarenotdifferentfromanywhereintheworld.Thispaperintroducestheoriginanddefinitionofeuphemism,thecharacteristicsofEnglisheuphemismandtheapplicationofEnglisheuphemismandthecausesofusingeuphemism,withmuchweightattachedtothela
6、tterthree.[KeyWords]：Englisheuphemismtaboocontextcharacteristicsapplication[摘要]：在任何一个社会中，总有些不能直截了当说出来的话。在人们交际的过程中，有些词语使人尴尬，惹人不快，招人讨厌或令人害怕，如果直接表达出来会给人一种粗俗、轻浮、无礼的印象。因此在一些场合为了避免难堪，或减轻对人的感情伤害，人们创造了委婉语。在西方社会文化生活中，在很多领域，人们广泛地使用着委婉语，这和世界上多数地区是一样的。本文追溯了委婉语的历史渊源，界
7、定了委婉语的概念，随后着重介绍了英语委婉语的特点及在各个领域的应用，并探讨了人们使用这些委婉语的原因。[关键词]:英语委婉语禁忌语语境特点应用14IntroductionEuphemismreferstomild,agreeable,orroundaboutwordsusedinplaceofcoarse,painful,oroffensiveones.Inventionherebeingthemotherofnecessity,theneedforeuphemismarose.Ineverysociet
8、y,therearecertainthingsthatarenotsupposedtobespeakableormentioneddirectly.Afairnumberofwordsarelabeledfrivolous,vulgar,oratleastinconsiderate.Butincommunication,forbettermaintainingsocialrelationshipandexchangingide
