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1.和死有关的委婉语不管在哪种文化中，人们普遍忌讳的词之一就是“死”。当人们不得不提到它时，往往使用一些比较委婉、不那么刺耳的说法来代替。于是，出现大量关于死的委婉语。比如：to go to the heaven (上天堂去了)；to go to a better world（到极乐世界去了）：to go to another world (到另一个世界去了)；to pay one’s debt to nature (向大自然还债了)；to pass away (去世了)；to be gone (走了)；to breathe one’s last (咽气了)；等等。死对人们来说是一种不愉快的事情，用委婉语在陈述这一事实时多数用了比喻的手段，表达了人们的良好愿望，要去天堂，要去极乐世界。另外，认为死是一种解脱，受完了罪还完了债，一切就了结了。2．和疾病有关的委婉语死亡意味着向生者告别，是一件悲哀的事，然而和死亡相比，一些疾病也令人难过。因此，直接谈论这些事往往被视为粗鲁和没礼貌。艾滋病在西方社会已变成一种非常普通的疾病而又苦于没有治愈方法和控制的有效措施，人们谈之色变而避之不及，因此艾滋病被冠以社会疾病（social disease）。对难以医治的癌症（cancer）人们称之为绝症 (terminal illness) 或仅用字母C 来替代。其他疾病如麻风病（leprosy）被称为 Hansen’s disease; 肺结核（tuberculosis ）成了 T.B; 狐臭（body odor）被称为B.O；变秘（constipation）被称为紊乱（irregularity）；唑疮（acne）被称为问题皮肤（problem skin）。 而其它的性病（veneral disease）人们用V.D.来代替。 如果一个人疯了，就称他脑子有问题（ soft in head）, 或是不在状态(not all there)。3．与贫穷失业有关的委婉语疾病让人郁闷，然而没有钱，在西方社会尤其令人无法忍受，甚至在发达国家，贫穷和失业也是无法避免的社会问题。如果老板把袋子交还给某员工（ give the sack to his employee），就意味着很委婉地将其解雇了。sack是工人出门上班时手里提的袋子，因此，give the sack就意味着让他走人。有些老板借口员工太多而裁员，如果他在某个员工面前提及人员过剩(staff redundant）, 该员工即面临着失业。对失业者而言，无论何种理由被解雇，总不是件令人骄傲的事，人们便委婉地称为待岗（lay off）；发站票（give the walking ticket）；闲置（involuntarily leisured）或领粉色支票（pink slip）等。失去工作的母亲被称为福利母亲（welfare-mother）,因为她们靠社会福利生活。如果一个人很穷，他便是社会经济低层分子（a member of the lower-social-economical bracket）。身无分文被称为拮据（hard up）；债务缠身是处于困境（in difficulties）或身负尴尬义务（in embarrassing obligation ）。在委婉语中，贫民窟变成了次标准住房（sub-standard housing）；给失业者的赈济支票叫失业福利（unemployment benefits）等。在这个无情的社会里中，对贫穷的人来说，委婉语到还真给了他们些许安慰，对政府而言，这些粉饰性的字眼掩盖了事实真相也掩盖了其对这一社会问题的疏忽与无能。4．与年龄、长相有关的委婉语在英美国家，年龄是一个非常敏感的话题，尤其对老年人和妇女而言。在美国，人们认为old（老）是useless(不中用)的代名词，因为人老了，他们的职业生涯结束了，失去了经济来源。但事实上却是，在美国，整个人口在老龄化，老年福利很有限，导致很多老年人生活在孤独、无助和贫困中。因此，他们害怕老，更害怕听见别人说他们老，于是，由此生出很多好听的委婉语：老年人被称为高级市民（senior citizens）、年长者（the elderly）、 the mature (成熟)，用来指代老。其它一些间接的委婉表达法如不再很年轻（no longer very young） 也比old 让人能接受。甚至一些美国人，尤其是妇女对中年（mid-aged）这样的字眼也很反感，于是，诸如处在某个年龄阶段of a certain age的表达也就应运而生。他们希望这些婉转的表达可以减轻老年对人们的负面影响，然而这些字眼事实上并不能掩盖感到老去的悲哀感觉。人们注重自己的身才和长相，但这方面并非人人都十全十美。对长相欠佳或生理有缺陷者，人们往往十分敏感，多不愿直说某人的缺陷，免得令人难堪。美国人忌肥胖身材，但皮包骨也令人烦恼。所以说到瘦人，人们忌用骨瘦嶙峋或皮包骨头(skinny），而说身材苗条(slim or slender)。说到生理有缺陷者，人们忌说瘸(crippled)、瞎(blind)、聋（deaf)、哑（dumb)，而是统称他们为残疾人(the handicapped or disabled)。说到相貌，人们忌用丑陋、难看(ugly)，而说长相一般(plain-looking or ordinary looking)。5．与职业有关的委婉语在英美国家，社会分工高低贵贱十分悬殊，有些从事地位低下，挣钱不多职业的人怕被人看不起，也忌讳别人直接提到他们的职业。当他们要提到自己的职业时，也会用一些委婉动听的名称来取代。重整鞋者（shoe rebuilder)指补鞋匠(shoe maker)，器皿保全工(utensil maintenance)指洗盘子的人(dish washer)，清洁工程师(sanitation engineer) 指清扫垃圾的人(garbageman),肉类技术专家(meat technologist)指屠夫(butcher),美容师(cosmetologist) 指理发师(hair-dresser),殡仪负责人(funeral director) 指承办丧事的人(undertaker) ，而妓女(prostitute）的委婉语是pavement princess(马路天使)等等。其他—— 1)Being in Love (恋爱） assignation (本义）指定 to be gone on (本义）一去不返 to be shock up (本义）被震撼的 to be taken (本义）被吸引住 H2 (本义）hot and heavy to have a crush on (本义）捣碎 meeting (本义）会面 to set one's cap for (本义）指向某人 to set one's sights at (本义）目光落在身上 to take a fancy to (本义）喜欢上 to walk out 出去溜达 to cut one's eye at (本义）瞥一眼 the glad eye (本义）高兴的眼光 to look sweet on (本义） to make eyes at (本义）对某人使眼色 wandering eye (本义）游荡的眼光 2) Pregnancy (怀孕） a hole out in one(本义）一击入洞（高尔夫术语） an accident（本义）事故 anticipating（本义）期待的 awkward（本义）行动不便 to be caught（本义）被捉住 to be gone（本义）已过去了 to beget（本义）产生 break one's ankle（本义）脚骨折了 clucky（本义）抱窝的 eating for two（本义）吃双份饭 expecting（本义）期待的 an expectant mother（本义）期待的母亲 to fall（本义）倒下了 far gone（本义）去日苦多 fragrant（本义）香喷喷的 full of heir（本义）怀有继承人 to have a hump in the front（本义）前身有块隆肉 to have one watermelon on the vine（本义）藤上有瓜了 to have one on the way （本义）有人要来 in a bad shape（本义）身体不佳 in a certain condition（本义）身处某种状态 in a delicate condition（本义）身体虚弱 in a (the) family way（本义）家常打扮 in a familiar way（本义）熟悉地 in a particular condition（本义）处于特殊状态 in an interesting condition(situation, state)（本义）处于有趣状态 in trouble（本义）惹上麻烦 infanticipating（本义）期望得子 irregularity（本义）不规则现象 knitting（本义）绒衣 to knock up（本义）敲门叫人 lady-in-waiting（本义）有所期待的女子 to learn all about diaper folding（本义）学叠尿布 a mother-to-be（本义）未来的母亲 on the nest（本义）在抱窝 P.G.(Pregnant)怀孕的 preparing the bassinet（本义）准备摇篮 rattle shopping（本义）采购玩具 rehearing lullabies（本义）练唱催眠曲 to spoil a woman's shape（本义）坏了女子体型 to sprain an ankle（本义）扭伤脚踝 to swallow a watermelon seed（本义）吞了棵西瓜子 that way（本义）那样 waiting for the patter of little feet（本义）等呆小脚牙声 to wear the apron high（本义）围裙系高 a waiting woman（本义）等呆中的妇女 with a baby window（本义）有个凸窗肚 with child（本义）怀孩子了 3)Defcation (如厕） to be caught short (本义）给了个冷不妨 the call of nature (本义）自然的需要 Can I add some powder? (本义）我可以茶点粉吗? to cash(write) a check (本义）兑(开)张支票 to do a job for oneself (本义）做点私事 do one's business (本义）干自己的活 to do one's duty (本义）尽职 to ease oneself (本义）自我轻松一下 to eliminate (本义）逐出 evacuation (本义）排空 to excrete (本义）排泄 to find a haven of rest (本义）寻找安息所 to fix one's face (本义）化装 to freshen up (本义）梳洗打扮 to get some fresh air (本义）去呼吸一点新鲜空气 to give oneself ease (本义）使自己舒服一下 to go (本义） to go into retreat (本义）去僻静 to go somewhere (本义）出去一下 to go to Egypt (本义）到埃及去 to go to one's private office (本义）到私人办公室去 to go to bathroom (本义）到洗澡间 May I adjourn? (本义）我可以变换一下地方吗？ May I please be excused? (本义）失陪了 natural necessity (本义）自然的需要 nature stop (本义）自然需要停车 to pluck a rose (本义）摘朵玫瑰 powder one's nose (本义）搽点粉 to relieve oneself (本义）轻松一下 to wash one's hands (本义）洗洗手 4)Death(死亡） to be asleep in the Arms of God (本义）安睡在上帝的怀中 to be at peace (本义）平静了 to be at rest (本义）在休息 to be called to God (本义）被召唤到上帝那 to be called home (本义）被召回家 to be home and free (本义）到家自由了 to be taken to paradise (本义）被送进天堂 The call of God (本义）上帝的召唤 to depart (本义）离去 The final departure (本义）最后离去 final sleep (本义）最后一觉 to go home (本义）回家 to go to heaven (本义）进天堂 to go to one's long home (本义）回到永久之家 to go to one's own place (本义）回老家 happy land (本义）乐土 to have fallen asleep (本义）入睡了 to have found rest (本义）得到安息 to have gone to a better place(land,world,life)到一个更好得地方去了 in heaven (本义）在天堂 to join one's ancestors (本义）加入先人的行列 join the Great majority (本义）加入大多数 to leave this world (本义）离开今世 to pay one's fee (本义）付费 to rest (本义）休息 to rest in peace (本义）安息 to return to dust (本义）归之尘土 to sleep (本义)长眠 with God (本义)和上帝在一起 with their Father (本义)与圣父在一起 to fall (本义)倒下了 to do one's bit (本义)尽职了 to lay down one's life (本义)放下自己的生命 to be no longer with us (本义)不再与我们在一起了 to be out of pain (本义)摆脱痛苦 to breathe one's last (本义)呼了最后一口气 to cancel one's account (本义)销帐 pay one's last debt (本义)付最后一笔债 to fade away (本义)消失 to make one's exit (本义)退场 to kick off (本义)开球 to be free (本义)解脱了 to be gone (本义)去了 to be no more (本义)不复存在 to close one's eyes (本义)瞑目 to come to an end (本义)结束 to go beyond (本义)到远方去 to expire (本义)呼气 to go off (本义)离去 to go one's last (本义)走到自己的终点 to go one's place (本义)回老家 to go to one's resting place (本义)到休息地去 to go to west (本义)西去 to kick the bucket (本义)踢翻水桶 to lose one's life (本义)失去了生命 to pass away (本义)离去 to stop living (本义)停止生存 to take one's rest (本义)休息 to shut up the shop (本义)关门 转贴
隐逸的军装梦
做某事有困难英语：Have difficulty in doing sth。
短语
have difficulty getting about 行动不便
have certain difficulty 有一定难度
示例：
Many students have difficulty in delivering a speech in public, but they can overcome it through training.
很多学生觉得当众发表演讲很困难，但通过训练他们可以克服这一问题。
difficulty作“困难，麻烦”解时，指必须付出大量的思考和运用技巧才能解决的任何困难，当表示抽象的困难时，是不可数名词，既不能与不定冠词连用，也不能用于复数形式。
表示具体的难处、难事、麻烦时，是可数名词，既可与不定冠词连用，也可用于复数形式。difficulty引申还可作“困境（尤指经济上的拮据）”解，这时常用复数形式。
difficulty后常接“of+ n. / v -ing”或“in+ v -ing”作定语，in有时可省去，不用动词不定式。
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【leg】中文意思是【腿； 支柱，支架； 裤腿； 一段赛程】。【leg】具体意思与用法：1. N-COUNT 腿 A person or animal's legs are the long parts of their body that they use to stand on. He was tapping his walking stick against his leg.他用手杖轻敲着腿。-leggedHer name was Sheila, a long-legged blonde.她叫希拉，是一位长腿的金发女郎。...a large four-legged animal.大型四足动物2. N-COUNT （裤）腿 The legs of a pair of trousers are the parts that cover your legs. He moved on through wet grass that soaked his trouser legs.他继续前行，穿过湿漉漉的草地，裤腿全湿透了。3. N-COUNT （供食用动物的）腿肉 A leg of lamb, pork, chicken, or other meat is a piece of meat that consists of the animal's or bird's leg, especially the thigh. ...a chicken leg.鸡腿...a leg of mutton.羊腿4. N-COUNT （桌、椅等家具的）腿，脚 The legs of a table, chair, or other piece of furniture are the parts that rest on the floor and support the furniture's weight. His ankles were tied to the legs of the chair...他的脚脖子被绑在椅腿上。The teak table has fluted legs.这张柚木桌子的桌腿有凹槽纹饰。-legged...a three-legged stool.三脚凳...an ancient Guatemalan bow-legged table.古老的危地马拉弯腿桌5. N-COUNT 一段路程；一段旅程 A leg of a long journey is one part of it, usually between two points where you stop. The first leg of the journey was by boat to Lake Naivasha in Kenya.行程的首段是乘船到肯尼亚的奈瓦沙湖。6. N-COUNT （系列赛中的）一场，一轮，一段 A leg of a sports competition is one of a series of games that are played to find an overall winner. The first round of the cup was decided over two legs...杯赛的首轮以两场分胜负。They will televise both legs of Leeds' European Cup clash with Rangers.欧洲杯利兹联队与流浪者队的两场争夺战都将进行电视转播。7. PHRASE 快跑；（尤指）逃开 If you leg it, you run very quickly, usually in order to escape from someone. We saw some kids shinning up a drainpipe before legging it clutching a TV and hi-fi...我们看见几个年轻人爬上了排水管，后来就见他们提着一台电视机和音响跑掉了。He was now to be seen legging it across the field.现在可以看到他快步跑过田地。8. PHRASE 大势已去；玩儿完；没戏 If you say that something or someone is on their last legs, you mean that the period of time when they were successful or strong is ending. This relationship is on its last legs.这段关系已经快玩儿完了。9. PHRASE 戏弄；捉弄 If you are pulling someone's leg, you are teasing them by telling them something shocking or worrying as a joke. Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg.我当然不会告诉他们啦。我跟你开玩笑的。10. PHRASE 能够证实/无法证实；站得住脚/站不住脚 If you say that someone does not have a leg to stand on, or hasn't got a leg to stand on, you mean that a statement or claim they have made cannot be justified or proved. It's only my word against his, I know. So I don't have a leg to stand on.现在是我和他各说各的，这我知道。所以我的话无法证实。11. PHRASE 有持久力；有潜力 If an idea, plan, or activity has legs, it is likely to continue or succeed. The American economy still has legs.美国经济仍可持续发展。
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