隐喻是简缩了的明喻,是将某一事物的名称用于另一事物,通过比较形成。简单来说,概念隐喻的中心思想就是,we speak in metaphors because we think in metaphors。
具体如下:
1、Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
希望是顿美好的早餐,但却是一顿糟糕的晚餐。
2、Let me stew over this.
让我仔细想想。
3、His idea was half-baked.
他的想法不成熟。
4、I'm tired of warmed-over theories.
我厌倦了陈腐老旧的理论。
5、That class gave me food for thought.
那堂课给了我很多想法。
6、The teacher spoon-fed them the information.
老师填鸭式地给他们灌输知识。
7、He insisted on sugar-coating his warnings.
他坚持粉饰他的警告。
8、We have a live satellite feed from London.
我们有来自伦敦的卫星直播。