metaphor

美音：['metə.fɔr] 英音：['metəfɔː(r)]

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：

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：

As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life.
等我长大成人之后，我渐渐懂得了这不仅仅是一个小孩的游戏，而且象征着一种人生观。
Another cybernetician, Gerald Weinberg, supplies a fine metaphor for requisite complexity in his book On the Design of Stable Systems.
另外一位控制论专家，杰拉尔德•温伯格，在他的著作《论稳定系统的设计》中给这个“必要的复杂性”提供了一个非常贴切的比喻。
"She's just a fairy tale character others will read about. . . and metaphor for hope to me, " I replied with a wink.
“她只是一个人们可能会读到的某个童话故事里的人物…我把她比作希望。”我冲她眨眨眼作为回应。
The same metaphor, it seems to me, might apply to the G. O. P. pursuit of the White House next year.
在我看来，同样的比喻可以用在共和党人明年对白宫的追逐。
Implicit in this metaphor is the concept of the state as a work of art, shaped by the architect-like ruler into the proper form he desires.
这个比喻把政府比作了一件艺术作品，由像建筑师般的统治者按他的意愿构筑成合适的形式。
The reason the Keepers give the metaphor of a roller coaster is to make sure you think of this in terms of fun.
保管者以过山车的比喻讲出来是为了让你觉得它很有趣。
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。
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。

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