四六级考试

【单选题】 "Underprivileged people" is often used by the mass media as a substitute for "poor people"; Linguistically, the former is referred to as a(n) ______.
A．linguistic taboo
B．slangy expression
C．high-sounding expression
D．euphemism

网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
不直接用“穷人”，而用“需要帮助的人”代指穷人，是委婉的说法，英文为euphemism。而taboo是禁忌语，不能说的话；slangy expression是俚语，非常不正式的词，而underprivileged是个正式用法；high- sounding expression是高调词。因而本题答案是D。 查看试题解析出处>>