euphemistic
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1. ADJ Euphemistic language uses polite, pleasant, or neutral words and expressions to refer to things that people may find unpleasant, upsetting, or embarrassing to talk about, for example, sex, the human body, or death. 委婉的
...a euphemistic way of saying that someone has been lying. …说某人一直在撒谎的委婉说法。
2. euphemisticallyADV 委婉地[ADV with v]
...political prisons, called euphemistically "reeducation camps."
…被委婉地称为“再教育营”的政治监狱。
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