Then, how can euphemism be classified? Euphemism can be classified into many types from different angles. Hugh Rawson divides euphemisms into two types：the positive and the negative from the angle of semantics. The positive euphemisms can be named stylistic one,which “inflate and magnify the word meaning，making the euphemized seem altogether grander and more important than they really are.” The negative euphemisms are extremely ancient,and closely connected with the taboos. They are also called “traditional euphemisms”. They deflate and diminish. “They are defensive in nature offsetting the power of tabooed terms and otherwise eradicating from the language everything ancient