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,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,1.,明 喻,SIMILE,关于英语,Simile,，有两点须加以说明：,一、,Simile,(,明喻,),通常由三部分构成，即本体,(tenor,或,subject),、喻体,(vehicle,或,reference),和比喻词,(comparative word),或,(indicator of resemblance),。可图示如下：,Marriage,is,like,a beleaguered fortress,:, ,(tenor) (comparative word) (vehicle),those who are without want to get in, and those within want to get out. ( P. M.,Quitard,),引导明喻的比喻词,(comparative words),( 1 ),介词,as,，,like,，,of,等。,I wandered lonely,as,a cloud. ( W. Wordsworth: The Daffodils ),我像一朵浮云独自漫游。,They are,as,like,as,two peas.,他们两个长得一模一样。,His young daughter looks,as,red,as,a rose.,他的小女儿面庞红得象朵玫瑰花。,英语里有不少含有明喻的成语，其结构为,as+,形容词,+as+,名词。例如：,as firm,as,a rock,as light,as,a feather,as close,as,an oyster,as mute,as,a fish,as strong,as,a horse,as cool,as,a cucumber,as sober,as,a judge,as sure,as,a gun,坚如磐石,轻如鸿毛,守口如瓶,噤若寒蝉,强壮如牛,泰然自若,十分清醒,千真万确,He works,1ike,a horse,beaver,Trojan,black.,他拼命地干活。,They spent money,like,water.,他们挥金如土。,He talks,like,a book.,他老是文绉绉地说话。,He eats,like,a horse.,他吃得很多。,He smokes,1ike,a chimney.,他抽烟很厉害。,Life is,like a yo-yo,.,生活是一个悠悠球,充满一连串的起伏不定。,He was,like,a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him to crow. ( George Eliot ),他这人就像一只,_,公鸡，以为太阳升起是为了它的啼叫。,骄傲的,He has a heart,of,stone.,他有一副铁石心肠。,He has the heart,of,a 1ion, but he does everything in a down-to-earth way.,他有狮子般的勇气，但办事十分认真。,He is sometimes bad-tempered but really hes got a heart,of,gold.,有时候他似乎脾气不好，但他的心眼可好了。,( 2 ),连词,as (,犹如,),，,what (,犹如,),，,as if, as though, than, and, the way,等。,Air is to man,as,water is to fish.,人离不开空气，犹如鱼离不开水。,Reading is to the mind,what,exercise is to the body.,（,Sir Richard Steel,）,读书对于思想，好比运动对于身体一样重要。,A word,and,a stone let go cannot be recalled.,说出的话犹如抛出的石，是收不回的。,( 3 ),动词,seem,，,resemble (,名词,resemblance),，,treat,honour,regard,consider,respect as,，,compare to,，,liken to,，,pass(,胜过,),，,remind of,，,be similar to,，等。,Shakespeare,compared,the world,to,a stage,( Wood ),他把孩子当成,掌上明珠,。,He,treat,s his child,as,the apple in the eye.,( 4 ),词组,may,might as well,（,as,）,(,做,就好像做,),，,no more,lessthan,not any morethan(,如同,一样,),，,so speak,as it were (,可以说，可以比喻地说,),。,He never listensyou,might as well,talk to a brick (,as,talk to him).,他根本不听,同他讲话就好像同一堵墙讲话一样。,A home without love is,no more than,a body without a soul.,没有爱的家庭无异于一个没有灵魂的躯体。,He is,as it were, a walking dictionary.,可以说，他是一本活词典,
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