委婉语,是用一种曲折委婉的方式表达说话者思想的特殊的语言表达方式。其“最重要的特征就在于运用比较抽象、摸棱两可的概念或比喻的、褒义的手法,使谈话的双方能够采用一种比较间接的方式来谈论不宜直说的事,而且不必为谈论这些事感到内疚”。 语言和事物是两回事,它们之间的联系是任意的。莎士比亚说:“名字里面有什么?一朵玫瑰花用任何别的名字,还不是一样馨香”。 Euphemism is a special way of expressing a speaker’s thought in a gentle and euphemistic way. Its “most important feature lies in the use of more abstract, ambiguous concepts or metaphors, compliment the way, so that the two sides can talk in a more indirect way to talk about things that should not be said, and do not have to talk about These things feel guilty. ” Language and things are two different things, the connection between them is arbitrary. Shakespeare said: “What’s in the name? A rose with any other name is not yet as sweet.”