Meaning Construction Mechanism of Euphemism within CBR Model

Euphemism,as a common linguistic phenomenon,is widely employed in our daily social communication as an effective strategy to make impersonal relationship harmonious and social communication smooth.Based on Liu Chunbao's A Dictionary of English Euphemisms(2001),this paper aims to study euphemism esp.its meaning construction mechanism under the CBR model—an integration of Conceptual Blending Theory(CBT) and Relevance Theory(RT).