礼貌原则是语用学研究的一个重要部分,日常交际中遵循礼貌原则可有效避免尴尬,取得良好的交际效果。出于礼貌的考虑,人们往往使用一些较为委婉的语言表达形式,以避免误解和不悦,因此委婉语和礼貌原则密切相关。本文从语用学角度出发,以礼貌原则为理论基础分析英语委婉语。 Politeness principle is an important part of pragmatics research. Follow the principle of politeness in daily communication can effectively avoid embarrassment and achieve good communicative effect. Because of politeness, people often use some more euphemistic expressions to avoid misunderstanding and displeasure. Therefore, euphemisms are closely related to the principle of politeness. This essay analyzes the English euphemism from the perspective of pragmatics and based on the principle of politeness.