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委婉语是各种文化中都存在的一种表达形式。不同的社会背景、不同的历史文化会产生不同的委婉语。委婉语从独特的角度反映了一个民族的历史文化和风俗习惯。本文从委婉语的语用功能和语义特征两方面探讨英汉委婉语的文化内涵,揭示英汉语的文化差异及其委婉语反映的不同的民族性。
Euphemism is a form of expression that exists in all cultures. Different social backgrounds, different history and culture will produce different euphemisms. Euphemism reflects the history, culture and customs of a nation from a unique perspective. This essay explores the cultural connotation of English and Chinese euphemism from the aspects of pragmatic function and semantic features of euphemism to reveal the cultural differences between English and Chinese and the different nationalities reflected by their euphemisms.