Euphemism委婉来自希腊语,eu 是好的意思,phemism 是speech (言语)的意思,整个字面的意思是word of good omen (吉祥)或好的说法。1Functions of Euphemismn A. To Avoid Taboon B. To Show Politenessn C. To Conceal Truth2To Avoid Taboon Satan :the good man ;the great fellown Devil :the Big D ;Lord of the Flies (Obviously, S and D are not good boys)3to dien to pass awayn to departn to leave usn to go to sleepn to go to heavenn ones heart has stopped beating4to urinate or defecaten go to the bathroomn do businessn answer natures calln release o