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eugenic
Relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring through controlled breeding.
🌱Eugenic techniques have been part of sheep breeding for many years. 🌳The word eugenic, like the name Eugene, includes the Greek root meaning "born" （See GEN.）Breeders of farm animals have long used eugenic methods to produce horses that run faster, for example, or pigs that provide more meat. Through eugenics, Holstein cows have become one of the world's highest producers of milk. But eugenics also has a dark side. The idea of human eugenics was taken up enthusiastically by the Nazis in the 20th century, with terrible consequences. euphemism An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust.
🌱The Victorians, uncomfortable with the physical side of human existence, had euphemisms for most bodily functions. 🌳The use of euphemisms is an ancient part of the English language, and perhaps of all languages, and all of us use them. Golly and gosh started out as euphemisms for God, and darn is a familiar euphemism for damn. Shoot, shucks, and sugar are all euphemistic substitutes for a well-known vulgar word. Pass away for die, misspeak for lie, downsize for fire, senior citizen for old person—the list goes on and on. euphoria A strong feeling of well-being or happiness.
🌱Swept up in the euphoria of a Super Bowl victory, the whole city seemed to have poured out into the streets. 🌳Euphoria is the feeling of an intense （and usually temporary） "high." Doctors use the word for the kind of abnormal or inappropriate high spirits that might be caused by a drug or by mental illness, but euphoria is usually natural and appropriate. When we win enough money in the lottery to buy several small Pacific islands, or even just when the home team wins the championship, we have good reason to feel euphoric. eulogy 1、 A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person.
2、 High praise.
🌱The book was a fond eulogy to the 1950s, when Americans had joined social organizations of all kinds. 🌳With its -logy ending （See LOG,） eulogy means literally something like "good speech." We are told to speak only good of the dead, but a eulogist actually makes a speech in the dead person's honor—or often instead for someone living, who might actually be there in the audience. The most famous eulogies include Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Pericles' funeral oration for the Athenian warriors; but these are only two of the many great eulogies, which continue to be delivered not only at funerals and memorial services but at retirement parties, anniversary parties, and birthday parties.
🌱Eugenic techniques have been part of sheep breeding for many years. 🌳The word eugenic, like the name Eugene, includes the Greek root meaning "born" （See GEN.）Breeders of farm animals have long used eugenic methods to produce horses that run faster, for example, or pigs that provide more meat. Through eugenics, Holstein cows have become one of the world's highest producers of milk. But eugenics also has a dark side. The idea of human eugenics was taken up enthusiastically by the Nazis in the 20th century, with terrible consequences. euphemism An agreeable or inoffensive word or expression that is substituted for one that may offend or disgust.
🌱The Victorians, uncomfortable with the physical side of human existence, had euphemisms for most bodily functions. 🌳The use of euphemisms is an ancient part of the English language, and perhaps of all languages, and all of us use them. Golly and gosh started out as euphemisms for God, and darn is a familiar euphemism for damn. Shoot, shucks, and sugar are all euphemistic substitutes for a well-known vulgar word. Pass away for die, misspeak for lie, downsize for fire, senior citizen for old person—the list goes on and on. euphoria A strong feeling of well-being or happiness.
🌱Swept up in the euphoria of a Super Bowl victory, the whole city seemed to have poured out into the streets. 🌳Euphoria is the feeling of an intense （and usually temporary） "high." Doctors use the word for the kind of abnormal or inappropriate high spirits that might be caused by a drug or by mental illness, but euphoria is usually natural and appropriate. When we win enough money in the lottery to buy several small Pacific islands, or even just when the home team wins the championship, we have good reason to feel euphoric. eulogy 1、 A formal speech or writing especially in honor of a dead person.
2、 High praise.
🌱The book was a fond eulogy to the 1950s, when Americans had joined social organizations of all kinds. 🌳With its -logy ending （See LOG,） eulogy means literally something like "good speech." We are told to speak only good of the dead, but a eulogist actually makes a speech in the dead person's honor—or often instead for someone living, who might actually be there in the audience. The most famous eulogies include Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Pericles' funeral oration for the Athenian warriors; but these are only two of the many great eulogies, which continue to be delivered not only at funerals and memorial services but at retirement parties, anniversary parties, and birthday parties.
EU comes from the Greek word for "well"; in English words it can also mean "good" or "true." A veterinarian who performs euthanasia is providing a very sick or hopelessly injured animal a "good" or easy death.🌸