简述英语职业委婉语的社会功能

Study on the Social Function of English Occupational Euphemism

从英语职业委婉语形成的文化语境、社会功能和基本构成形式看,委婉语在传统与现代的社会文化环境下产生与运用是为了达到满足人们职业尊严,提升社会地位,避免引起不快联想或文化冲突的目的。这对于大学英语教学具有引导意义。

In the light of its cultural context, social function and lexical construction, the appearance and application of English occupational euphemism in traditional and modern cultural context aim at satisfying occupation dignity, raising social status and avoiding unpleasant association and culture shock, the analysis and understanding of which is instructive in College English teaching.