metaphornoun
C U暗喻；隐喻
a word or phrase used to describe sb/sth else, in a way that is different from its normal use, in order to show that the two things have the same qualities and to make the description more powerful, for example She has a heart of stone ; the use of such words and phrases
a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life
用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛
the writer's striking use of metaphor
这位作家对于隐喻的独到运用
metaphor
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N-VAR 隐喻;暗喻;比喻的说法
A metaphor is an imaginative way of describing something by referring to something else which is the same in a particular way. For example, if you want to say that someone is very shy and frightened of things, you might say that they are a mouse....the avoidance of 'violent expressions and metaphors' like 'kill two birds with one stone'.
避免使用“有暴力意味的表达和隐喻”，例如“一石二鸟”
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N-VAR 象征;标志
If one thing is a metaphor for another, it is intended or regarded as a symbol of it.The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart.
破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。
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PHRASE 混合(使用)隐喻(指同时运用两个矛盾的隐喻)
If you mix your metaphors, you use two conflicting metaphors. People do this accidentally, or sometimes deliberately as a joke.To mix yet more metaphors, you were trying to run before you could walk, and I've clipped your wings...
混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。
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I think the metaphor is close but not quite correct .
我认为这个暗喻接近事实但还不太正确。
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Metaphor matters because it 's around us every day , all the time .
暗喻很重要，因它随时随地，无处不在。
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Despite the mixed metaphor , there is some truth in this judgement .
尽管有混用的比喻，这个判断还是有些道理的。
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Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes
他们的作品是对一个正在作垂死挣扎的社会的绝望隐喻。
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The divided family remains a powerful metaphor for a society that continued to tear itself apart .
破碎的家庭仍旧是一个继续分崩离析的社会的有力象征。
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To mix yet more metaphors , you were trying to run before you could walk , and I 've clipped your wings
混用更多的隐喻来说，你还没学会走就想跑，而我又剪掉了你的翅膀。
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Ripe with in-jokes , self-references , and post-modern metaphor , the movie questions a too-civilized world .
这部电影驾轻就熟地借助圈内笑话、自我指认和后现代主义的隐喻，对过度文明的世界提出了质疑。
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She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor .
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
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In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love .
诗歌中常用玫瑰花来隐喻爱情。
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This metaphor is very appropriate .
这个比喻很贴切。
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Please define what is metaphor , and give me an example .
请阐述什么是隐喻，然后举例。
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Since dogs are considered to have many good qualities , the word is included in more than 10 Chinese metaphors .
由于狗被认为具有许多优良的品质，这个词被收录在十多个汉语隐喻中。
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Garau considers his invisible sculpture to be a perfect metaphor of our time .
加劳认为他的隐形雕塑作品是对我们这个时代的一个完美隐喻。
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I can only represent it to you by metaphors .
我只能用隐喻来向你描述它。
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The phrase became popular only from the middle of the 19th century , coming to mean " a period of youthful inexperience or indiscretion . " The metaphor .
这个短语在19世纪中叶开始广泛使用，用来指代“年轻没经验或行事莽撞的时期”。
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The following day the King of Liang met Hui Zi and said to him : " From now on , when you speak , come straight to the point and do not use metaphors and beat about the bush . "
第二天，梁王见到惠子，就对他说：“你以后讲话直截了当讲，不要再用比喻，拐弯抹角的。”
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Hui Zi said : " The purpose of drawing an analogy between the thing people have already known and the thing they don 't know yet is to make them understood . You want me to speak without using metaphors . How can that be done ? "
惠子说：“用别人已经了解的事物来比喻他还不了解的事物，目的是要使他了解。你让我说话不用比喻，那怎么行呢？”
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Someone mocked at Hui Zi before the King of Liang . " This Hui Zi likes to use metaphors1 when he speaks . If he is not allowed to use metaphors , he surely won 't be able to explain anything at all . "
有人在梁王面前嘲笑惠子：“这个惠子说话爱用比喻，假如不准他用比喻，那他一定什么也说不清楚了。”
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Conceptual metaphor theory is the theoretical basis of the study .
概念隐喻理论是本文的理论基础。
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Many scholars did research on computer metaphor from various angles .
众多学者从不同角度对计算机及网络隐喻进行研究并撰文著书。
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The thesis studies the Chinese metaphor from the cognitive perspective .
本文正是从认知的角度对汉语隐喻进行研究。
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In addition , this part introduces the theory of cultural model and metaphor .
另外，本部分介绍了文化模式和隐喻理论。
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In recent years , more and more scholars come to study metaphor .
近年来，越来越多的学者对隐喻进行了研究。
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A Study of Cognitive Nature and Cognitive Function of Metaphor
隐喻认知本质与认知功能的研究
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The Change of Psychological Metaphor and the Development of Psychology
心理隐喻的变迁与心理学的发展
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Mental Space Theory , metaphor , Chinese teaching , Analects .
心理空间理论，隐喻，华语教学，论语。
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Metaphor is an important means of scientific thinking .
在科学思维中隐喻是一种重要的工具和手段。
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Metaphor is always the hot issue for study .
隐喻一直是语言学研究的热点课题。
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A Cognitive Study of Conceptual Metaphors of Love in English and Chinese
英汉爱情概念隐喻的认知研究
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Metaphor understanding is an important part of discourse understanding .
隐喻理解是话语理解的一个重要方面。
一种修辞手法，常用 as 或 like 等词将具有某种共同特征的两种不同事物相比拟。
'The baby is as cute as an angel' is a simile.
“孩子像天使一般可爱”是句明喻。
She looks like a doctor.
她看上去像个大夫。
He is as brave as a lion.
他像狮子一般勇猛。
一种修辞手法，描写某事物时，将其直接说成另一不同的事物而不用比喻词，暗示两者之间有着某种相似性。
She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.
她在运用隐喻方面有着惊人的独创性。
Love is a red rose.
爱情是朵红玫瑰。
The old lady is a she-devil.
那个老太婆是个母夜叉。