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at school? B: He’s a machine. Here, from the literal meaning of B's reply, he seems haven’t answer A’s question. But at least, his answer violates Quality Maxim and Relation Maxim. We know that though B’s answer doesn’t cooperate with A’s question, we can still understand B’s meaning by the deeper implication of his speech. First, we should suppose that this conversation tally with Cooperative Principle. Second, we can guess the implication between machine and study. At last, we can infer that John is hard-working. Thus, if the utterance is not relevant with each other, we can reason. “Unlike presuppositions and entailments, implicatures are inferences that cannot be made from isolated utterances. They are dependent on the context of the utterance and the shared knowledge between the speaker and the hearer.” [30] 6. Conclusion Euphemism is an appropriate language form created by people to achieve an ideal communicative effect in the social interactions. “Enrighr D.J. stated that ‘If euphemism doesn’t exist, the movement of the world will stop and it will be filled with hatred.’” [31] Nearly no one can live without euphemism. Euphemism is not only a social phenomenon, but also a lingual phenomenon. The formation of euphemism is the result of social factors and psychological factors. From the day of its birth, there are countless ties between euphemism and the social culture. Euphemism develops while the society develops. Euphemism is a mirror. We can learn the values and moral concepts of the society. Euphemism that accords with Politeness Principle oils human communication because polite function is the main function of Politeness principle. If we make good use of this language form, it will accelerate and facilitate human communication. People’s interpersonal relations will be more harmonious. We can make full use of euphemism and make our life more colorful. Bibliography [1] 冯翠华. English Rhetorical Options [M]. 北京:外语教学与研究出版社,1995,12. PP207-208 [2] 李国南. 辞格与词汇 [M]. 上海: 上海外语教育出版社,2001. PP245-246 [3] 向仍东. 浅析英语委婉语的特征、构成及作用 [J]．长沙大学学报，2005,11. P82 [4] 同[2]P251 [5] 同[3]P261 [6] 同[2]P262 [7] 同[2]PP252-253 [8] 同[2]P254 [9] 同[2]P258 [10] 胡春梅. 论委婉语的构成及功能[J]. 浙江教育学院学报,2005,1. P32 [11] 刘纯豹. 英语委婉语词典[Z]. 北京: 商务印书馆,2001. PP172-180 [12] 同[10]P32 [13] 同[3]P84 [14] 同[3]P84 [15] 吴祥云. 委婉语的社会功用[J]. 昭通师范高等专科学校学报,2004,2. P34 [16] Joanna Channell. Vague Language [M].上海:上海外语教育出版社,2000,6. P179 [17] 李鑫华. 英语修辞格详论[M]. 上海:上海外语教育出版社,2000. P120 [18] 同[15]P35 [19] 同[17]P122 [20] 同[1]P212 [21] 同[16]P179 [22] 李树德.冯奇. 英语修辞简明教程[M]. 上海:复旦大学出版社,2003,10. P53 [23] 同[3]P84 [24] 同[17]P114 [25] 何自然. Notes on Pragmatics [M]. 南京:南京师范大学出版社,2003,1.P83 [26] 同[25]P83 [27] Jean Stilwell Peccei. Pragmatics [M]. 北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2000,8. P64 [28] 彭莉. 委婉语的社会语用功能[J]. 池州师专学报,2004. P76 [29] 同[25]P86 [30] 同[27]P30 [31] 同[3]P84