英语委婉语是一种重要的修辞手段,亦具有重要的社会功能。本文从以下几方面分析了委婉语在社会交际中的功能,包括人际交流中的礼仪功能,言谈措辞中的积极功能,妙趣横生的幽默功能,掩盖事实的欺骗功能和鞭挞社会、人性的讽刺功能。 English euphemism is an important rhetoric and has important social functions. This article analyzes the functions of euphemism in social communication from the following aspects, including the etiquette function in interpersonal communication, the positive function in speech and wording, the fun humorous function, the deceit function to conceal facts, and the irony function of whipping society and human nature.