call ... euphemistically
委婉地称之为…
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To refer to something using a milder or more indirect term.
使用更温和或间接的词语来指代某事。
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call ... euphemistically = 委婉地称之为… (使用更温和或间接的词语来指代某事。)
- They euphemistically call layoffs 'restructuring'.他们委婉地将裁员称之为“重组”。
- The politician euphemistically called the tax increase a 'revenue enhancement'.那位政治家委婉地将增税称为“收入增加”。
- The prison was euphemistically called a 'correctional facility'.这座监狱被委婉地称为“惩教设施”。
- They will likely call the budget cuts 'efficiency savings' euphemistically.他们很可能会委婉地将预算削减称作“效率储蓄”。
- What was once considered spying is now euphemistically called 'intelligence gathering'.曾经被认为是间谍活动的行为,现在被委婉地称为“情报搜集”。
- Euphemistically calling torture 'enhanced interrogation' doesn't change what it is.委婉地将酷刑称为“强化审讯”,并不能改变其本质。
- She would euphemistically call her financial struggles a 'period of transition'.她会委婉地将自己的财务困境称为“过渡期”。
- The military often has to euphemistically call civilian deaths 'collateral damage'.军方常常不得不委婉地将平民死亡称为“附带损害”。
- Let's not euphemistically call it 'downsizing'; people are losing their jobs.我们不要委婉地把它叫做“减员”;人们正在失去工作。
- He was fired, or as the company would euphemistically call it, 'let go'.他被解雇了,或者按公司委婉地说,是“被放手了”。