There are so many euphemisms that we put on in society to not have to say the word menstruation.

社会上有很多委婉语，用月这个词。

We use euphemism, innuendo, subtext, reading between the lines, catching your drift.

我们使用委婉语、暗示、言外之意、字里行间的意思，以及领会言下之意。

These kinds of phrases are called euphemisms.

这类表达被称为委婉语。

" Heavens" is kind of a euphemism, a polite word.

“天哪”算是一种委婉语，是个礼貌的词。

Then came the rabbit test and with it a new euphemism featured in such timeless cultural beacons as M.A.S.H and Aerosmith songs " The Rabbit Died" .

然后是用兔子进行试验，这样一来，一种新的委婉语就出现在了诸如电视连续剧 M.A.S.H 和 Aerosmith 的歌曲中“兔子死了”等受时间影响的文化符号中。

Today, you're most likely to see the word used as a euphemism for 'firing staff', or reducing the work force within a company.

今天，大家也许很可能看到这个单词被当成‘开除某人’或者‘裁减公司成员’的委婉语。

There are actually quite a lot of euphemisms for genitals, but I don't want to overwhelm you with too much today.

实际上有很多关于生殖器官的委婉语，但我今天想给你们太多。

They employ euphemisms, using different words to describe sex permissible by religion, or illegal sex and sex out of wedlock.

他们使用委婉语，用同的词来描述宗允许的性、非法性行为和婚外性行为。

And we use euphemisms, um, to avoid offending people or saying words we're not comfortable with, right?

我们用委婉语，来避免冒犯别人或者说一些让我们舒服的话。

So distinguish yourselves by choosing accurate, vivid words between the evasions of euphemism and the temptations of exaggeration.

因此，在委婉语的回避和夸大其辞的诱惑之间，要选择准确、生动的词语让自己的语言更有辨识度。

That's also a euphemism, polite, not too bad.

这也是一种委婉语，礼貌，算太差。

31. It's not uncommon for elderly people to hang out with their friends in tea houses.

academic achievement 学术成绩、学习成绩keep up with ... 与...齐头并进、跟上...
trend 潮流、趋势elderly people 老年人(old people 的委婉语;要说 elder people) hang out (在某处)待着、消磨时间、玩tea house 茶馆。

And then we have some euphemisms.

然后我们有一些委婉语。

The social-mediafication of writing has steered the tone from the offence of euphemism to its twin offence of exaggeration.

写作的社交媒体化将文体罪行从委婉语变成了夸大其辞。

So, here our euphemisms are also idioms in order to say things you may not be comfortable with.

委婉语也是习语，用来表达你可能感到适的事情。

I'm pretty sure that euphemisms exist in most languages, but I'm not a hundred percent sure.

我很确定大多数语言中都有委婉语，但我是百分之百确定。

In its opposite, the " euphemism treadmill" (a term coined by Steven Pinker, a professor at Harvard), people run from one polite banality to another.

与之相对的是“委婉语轮转”(这是哈佛大学授史蒂文·平克创造的一个术语)，表示人们把一个礼貌且平庸的词语换成另一个礼貌且平庸的词语。

So if euphemisms are used a lot in your native language, please let me know in the comments below.

所以如果你的母语中常使用委婉语，请在下面的评论中告诉我。

If Orwell were writing today, he would find plenty of euphemisms to complain about.

如果奥威尔在现代写作，他会发现大量值得抱怨的委婉语。

The second one is a relatively modern euphemism and it's one that is quite often used by hipsters.

第二个是一个相对现代的委婉语，并且是常被时尚达人使用的。