英汉语言中都存在着许多与“死”相关的委婉表达方式。虽然在某些方面有许多相同之处,但由于两国的社会制度、价值观念、宗教信仰和风俗习惯等的不同,委婉语“死”的各种不同表达形式在英汉两种语言中有不同的文化内涵,它们不仅能够反映出不同的时代习俗和死者的社会地位、不同的性别、年龄特征,而且能反映出人们的不同信仰。 There are many euphemisms in English and Chinese related to “death”. Although there are many similarities in some aspects, due to the differences in social systems, values, religious beliefs and customs between the two countries, the different forms of expression of “death” of euphemism differ between English and Chinese Cultural connotation, they not only reflect the different customs of the times and the social status of the deceased, different gender, age characteristics, but also reflects people’s different beliefs.