metaphor

['metəfə]

n.象征, 隐喻

例句与用法：

In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.

玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

She has a striking originality in her use of metaphor.

她在运用隐喻方面有独创性。

词形变化：

形容词: metaphoric | 副词: metaphorically |

n.

1. 隐喻(一种修辞法)

2. 象征

metaphor

词形变化：

形容词: metaphoric | 副词: metaphorically |

词义辨析：

反义参见:

simile

metaphor['metəfə]n.1.■暗喻，隐喻；比喻2.■比喻说法[参较 mixed metaphor, simile]3.■具体表现；象征

1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
   隐喻
   'I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression,' said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors.
   “我坠过一道消沉的活板门，”喜欢用夸张隐喻的迈克说道。
   [mass noun]her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor.
   她的诗歌依赖暗示和隐喻。
   ■a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract
   （抽象事物的）代表物；象征物
   the amounts of money being lost by the company were enough to make it a metaphor for an industry that was teetering.
   该公司损失的资金足以使其成为一个风雨飘摇行业的象征。
   

1. late 15th cent.: from French métaphore, via Latin from Greek metaphora, from metapherein 'to transfer'
   

metaphor

名词 metaphor:

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

metaphor

■Strand DNA also references twins- twins strands- a metaphor for your Yin/ Yang self merging.

鮀NA同样涉及到双生子-双生子线-对你的阴阳自我结合的隐喻说法。

■JH: Yes.You see, for Jung the central metaphor was "individuation," which is so often confused with ego development.

JH：是的，你看，对容格来说，根本象征为“个体化”，它很经常与自我发展混淆。

■SQL Server uses a publishing industry metaphor to describe the components of the replication system.

SQL Server使用出版业的术语来描述复制系统的组件。

■"Bailout" is a colorful metaphor.

“保释”是一个生动的比喻。

■Megametaphor is a major means to go beyond lexical-sentential level and into textual metaphor.

“博喻”是超越词句层面,形成“篇章隐喻”的主要手段。

■"I invented this homophonic who gave high praise metaphor.

“我为发明这种谐音隐语的人击节赞叹。

■Spatialization metaphor is one of hot subjects in linguistic study recently.

“空间隐喻”研究是近来语言研究的焦点之一。

■A somewhat better metaphor happens when we envision a nature path which forks into two directions.

一个稍微好点的比喻在我们假想一个自然的路线发生，就是那种两个方向的分叉。

■A superb teacher, with a fine grasp of the appropriate metaphor, and tailoring his teachings to the audience at hand.

一位庄严的老师，善于使用适当的隐喻，对即将到来的听众随机说法。

■A "Chinese Wall" can be a metaphor for an insurmountable barrier to understanding.

一座“Chinese Wall”可以比喻为一个理解上不可逾越的障碍物。

■This is a metaphor for someone who is not docile or doesn't toe the line.

不是一个安分、老实的人。

■Unconsidered, yet a daily necessity - a clean pair of socks is a great metaphor for family love.

不被人注意，却又每天都不能少的--一双干净袜子可以最好地暗喻家庭之爱。

■Never bend your interface to fit a metaphor.

不要让你的界面屈从某个隐喻。

■Why not abandon this slavish devotion to metaphor and give the user easy access to functions?

为什么不放弃隐喻，使用户更容易访问功能?

■An idiom is a phrase refined from a longtime use with the features of conciseness, metaphor and penetration, etc.

习语是经过长时间的使用而提炼出来的固定短语或短句，它一般具有文字简练，比喻形象，含义精辟等特点。

■Aristotle's theory on metaphor made a notable impact on the subsequent western study.

亚里斯多德的隐喻理论对其后西方隐喻研究产生了很大影响。

■Human society as a superorganism is an ancient metaphor.

人类社会作为一个超个体是一个古老的映像。

■From the obvious to the metaphor, some sorts of inexpressible affection and attitude are inspired.

从表徵的到隐喻的，某些难以言传的情感与态度被逐一引发出来。

■This paper fosuses on the cognitive and cultural features of metaphor from the viewpoint of cognitive linguistics.

从认知语言学的角度探讨了隐喻的认知与文化特征。

■They seemingly used them all in the Western Conference finals clincher, a game that was a metaphor for a season.

他们似乎在西部决赛的最后一战中将这些全部展现出来，从某种意义上说，这场比赛就是整个赛季的缩影。

■Their metaphor degenerates into a series of isolated and barren conceits.

他们的隐喻变为一系列孤立而贫乏的牵强附会。

■He has enriched the treasure of Chinese paintings with his visual metaphor, impersonality and spiritualization.

他创造的视觉隐喻，他的个人化、心灵化的绘画形象，为中国画的发展提供了宝贵的经验。

■He recollected Cronshaw's whimsical metaphor of the Persian carpet.

他回忆克朗肖经常谈起的那个波斯地毯的寓言。

■He wanted to use the baseball as a metaphor.

他想用垒球作个比喻。

■He thinks the home office concept is a metaphor for the home office worker.

他认为家庭办公室这一概念同时也把那些回家还工作的人形容出来了。

■Final cause, he said, is pure metaphor.

他说终极原因纯粹是虚拟的说法。

■A metaphor for the reconstruction of France after the fall of the treasonist King.

他隐喻着叛国的国王失败后的法国的重建。

■Is a metaphor for the difficulties in life.

以示人生途径中之磨难。

■Isis is a metaphor for the feminine aspect in all of us.

伊希斯是我们所有人里面的女性外貌的隐喻。

■Traditionally people regard metaphor as an art ofrhetoric.

传统上人们把隐喻作为一种修辞手段来对待。

■How can you apply this metaphor to your life in order to passionately persist?

你怎样能让这个隐喻对你的人生起作用，做到激情长在呢？

■Do you know what that metaphor means?

你知道这比喻的意思吗?

■You don't understand the metaphor?

你难道不明白这其中的暗喻吗?

■They may say, for example, that a certain scriptural account of creation is a metaphor.

例如他们可能说某些圣经创造的说明就是一个隐喻。

■The metaphor of overload suggests that the brain is like a kitchen appliance.

信息过载这个比方暗示大脑就像是一件厨房设备。

■Paper presented at the Researching and Applying Metaphor lll, Tilburg， Netherlands.

八十四学年度师范学院教育学术论文发表会。

■Specifically, presenting an identical metaphor in different styles, Aad and persuasiveness vary.

具体而言，同样的隐喻以不同的形式表现，产生的广告态度和说服力就不一样。

■The name Kalki is often a metaphor for "Eternity" or "Time".

卡尔基这个名字经常是对“永恒”或“时间”的一种隐喻。

■Chartwell is a metaphor of its squire.

卡特威尔很可以和它的主人相比拟。

■Users recognize the imagery of the metaphor and, by extension, can presumably understand the purpose of the thing.

即用于描绘事物目的和特征的图片，用户识别隐喻的图像通过外延理解事物的目的。

■Moreover, metonymy is more frequently used in the formation of Chinese characters than metaphor is.

另外，转喻在汉语构词的过程中发挥着比隐喻更大的作用。

■Norminalization is the main source from which grammar metaphor derives.

名词化隐喻是产生语法隐喻的一个重要来源。

■But is now used as a metaphor for getting completely thrashed by one's opponent.

后来通常用来比喻被打得大败。

■Postmodernism with symbolism and metaphor greatly influences art, literature, architecture, etc.

后现代主义用象征和隐喻对艺术、文学、建筑等产生了重大影响。

■In the hands of any but the subtlest writer, this is so obvious a metaphor as to be unworkable.

因为即使是熟练精明的作者，这种隐喻也未免太过明显而达不到应有的效果。

■Thus, to resume our metaphor, when the party ends and the bar is closed, you are allowed to finish your drink.

因此打个比方，在party结束、酒吧关门之前，你还可以把手上的那杯喝完了再走

■This is a metaphor for local villains who bully people wilfully.

在一处地方横行无理,欺压百姓的坏人。

■One metaphor for what we are talking about is found in the Eastern Taoist image, the organic itself.

在东方道教的形象里,可以找到一个关于我们现在所讨论问题的一个比喻,机体自身。

■In Gould's metaphor, each tiny groove represents the historical timeline of a species.

在古尔德的比喻中，每一个细小的沟壑都代表了一个物种发展的历史路径。

■The auger remains in my mind as metaphor of form.

在我的印象中旋转是形状的象征。