| 1. | That's fairly blunt, captain .
上尉，你这话可真有点欠委婉。 |
| 2. | I 'll see you further first .
（那种事）我决不干（further是inhell的委婉话）。 |
| 3. | Possession is a gentle term .
占有是一个委婉的名词。 |
| 4. | Its harmony is grave and gentle, sad tender .
它的和声显得既严峻又柔和，既忧伤又委婉。 |
| 5. | You must break the news of his mother's death gently .
你一定要委婉地把他母亲去世的消息告诉他。 |
| 6. | The englishman seemed to appreciate this extreme delicacy .
英国人似乎很欣赏这一番极其委婉的话。 |
| 7. | As if military intelligence were not euphemism enough, it is abbreviated to mi .
好象军事情报局这名称还不够委婉，于是又缩写成MI。 |
| 8. | The trouble was that nixon's communication to brezhnev lacked his usual fine touch .
问题是尼克松给勃列日涅夫的信不像往常那样笔调委婉。 |
| 9. | Often she tried, as gently as might be, to wean him from this fanatic worship of the muses .
她常常尽量委婉地劝他别这样狂热地崇拜缪斯女神。 |
