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　　浅谈英语委婉语及其社会影响论文 Abstract Language munication is an important method to maintain social relationship, so people often use the indirect or pleasant expressions in the place of those considered unpleasant, rude or offensive in munication. It is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but also a kind of social phenomenon and cultural phenomenon. It reflects some kinds of corresponding cultural traditions. This paper mainly focuses on the ajor function and the social influence of euphemism in English. And the first part elaborates upon the different expressions of euphemism in English, divided into four parts: figure of speech, semantic method, the variety of pronunciation and spelling form and grammar. And then it makes study the appliance of euphemism on three functions: avoidance, courtesy, disguise in social life, and discusses the positive and negative influences of euphemism. To knoode of thinking, social values, moral concepts,.freelprove our language municative ability. Key ism, application, social influence, positive, negative 【摘 要】 语言交际是人类以维系社会关系的重要手段，因而人们在交际中通常避免使用引起双方不快从而损害双方关系的语言，而是采取迂回曲折的方法来表达思想，交流信息，它不仅是种语言现象，而且是社会现象和文化现象。委婉语言体现了相应的社会文化传统。本文主要阐述了英语委婉语的构成方法以及它的社会影响，并着重从修辞手段，语义手段.freelism is originally from Greek, meaning, “speak eans “e” means “speech”. Its definition in Oxford English Dictionary is “(example of the) use of pleasant, mild, or indirect ore accurate or direct ones.”1 The appearance of euphemism is based on ts to take the place of “taboo”. etonymy. That is to use the general etonymy. It can be divided into the follos: 1) to use the container to take the place of the things in the container. For example: “to be fond of the bottle” is a euphemism for “liking to drink”. 2) To use the entirety instead of the part. For example: “abdomen” is used to refer to “belly”; “limb” refers to “leg”. For some special occasions, the part can be used instead of the entirety. In Australian English “an old hand” is a euphemism for “an old prisoner”. 3) To use the t