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Abstract Working as an indispensable and natural part of language, euphemism has long been arousing wide interest. Researches made by linguists and scholars cover different angles, including linguistics, pragmatics, and inter-cultural study and so on. However, traditional researches on euphemism mostly focused on the linguistic characteristics, seldom on the pragmatic motivation, and rarely on the application in specific fields. For this reason, the paper attempts to discuss the application of euphemism in English teaching guided by some pragmatic principles. Based on the study of definition, origin and development and classification of euphemism, the paper analyzes the pragmatic principles and functions underlying the use of euphemism. Since euphemism plays an active role in facilitating the second language teaching, the paper lays an emphasis on the study of application of euphemism in English language teaching. It explores the accessibility and the significance of introducing euphemism into English teaching, and puts forward some tentative strategies for teachers to help students grasp this language phenomenon, thus improving their basic linguistic competence and communicative competence. Some methods, such as questionnaire, comparison, are used in this paper to impartially reflect and tackle some teaching problems. As we all know, successful communication is the most fundamental function of all languages. Euphemisms ensure us a smooth interaction with others since this way of expression takes others’ “face want” into consideration and puts “politeness” in the first place. And the paper attempts to call people’s attention to the importance of euphemism in our daily communication. Taking into account the background of China whose mainstream are quality-oriented education and globalization, it is practical and meaningful to introduce euphemisms into English language teaching. Key Words: euphemism; English teaching; application 摘 要 长久以来，委婉语作为语言中必不可少的组成部分，一直受到语言学家和