美其名曰 meaning in English
describe euphemistically as “...”; be wrapped in nice-sounding phrases; call it by the fine-sounding name of ...; euphemistically called; give sth. the fine-sounding name of
Examples
- He lives in his garden shed which , with a certain amount of poetic license , he calls his summer-house .
他住在他那美其名曰夏季别墅的花园棚。 - Staid men and good scholars at first expressed mirth and then indignation at the audacity that baptised this gay rag bag english literature, then philosophy of history, then human culture .
持重的人和渊博的学者起初看了觉得好笑，继而勃然大怒，说我居然敢把那些破布烂絮--美其名曰英国文学、历史哲学、人类文化。 - They dignified cowardice by calling it prudence
他们把怯懦美其名曰为谨慎。 - This so - called " good marriage " was so disturbed
这桩美其名曰的“美好婚姻”是如此的伤脑筋。 - This so - called " good marriage " was so disturbed
这桩美其名曰的“美好婚姻”是如此的伤脑筋。