Abstract: This paper classifies death euphemisms in English and Chinese to analyze that the different dictions and usage of death euphemisms on different occasions. It then mainly discusses cultural differences between English and Chinese death euphemisms, which leads to the conclusion that death euphemisms in English and Chinese carry their distinctive characteristics and the formation of death euphemisms are typically influenced by religious beliefs, economic systems and burial customs and these cultural differences are in turn reflected in death euphemisms.
Key words: death euphemism; cultural difference; distinctive characteristic
摘要：本文通过对英汉死亡委婉语的分类分析了英汉死亡委婉语在各种场合的选词和使用情况，然后主要讨论了英汉死亡委婉语的文化差异，认为英汉死亡委婉语都有其独特的特征。死亡委婉语的形成深受宗教信仰、经济体系和丧葬习俗的影响，而这些文化差异又在死亡委婉语中得到了体现。
关键词：死亡委婉语；文化差异；独特特征
