metaphor是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

n. 隐喻；暗喻

网络 比喻；譬喻；比喻说话

变形：

复数：metaphors  

完整释义：

n.

1.比喻,虚拟
2.【修辞学】隐喻,暗喻;(某种概念、品质或情况等的)象征

例句：

1. He used a biblical metaphor: you only need one King David, and an army of soldiers who merely had to be able to carry out orders.
   他用了一个圣经的隐喻：「你只需要一个王者大卫，和一支只要能遵守秩序的军队」。

2. The Wall, and the sense of incomprehension that goes with it, also stands as a metaphor for global investors' current worries.
   长城及其隐含的隔阂感，也可视作全球投资者当前忧虑的象征。

3. For him, the Great Wall was a metaphor for the way China's society was organised and its relationship with the rest of the world.
   在他看来，长城象征着中国社会的组织方式及其与世界其它地区的关系。

4. He uses the word "currency" as a metaphor for an inner language to make sense of the world.
   他把单词“货币”比作一种使世界变得有意义的内在语言。

5. This is a metaphor for how much we need love and how much we need to be needed.
   这是一个隐喻，它折射出我们是多么需要爱，同时我们又是多么需要被别人需要。

6. Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.
   跑步作为生活最大的隐喻，因为没有付出就没有回报。

7. It means one of the best times is in the morning, metaphor a man should be in the morning to plan for the day.
   这意味着一个最好的时代是在上午，比喻一个人应在早晨计划一天。

8. So if I had to think of some kind of occupation as a metaphor for my work, I would much rather be a fisherman.
   由此，如果要找一种工作来比喻我在干的活，我宁可当一个渔夫。