关于动物的隐喻
animal,beast,brute指的是某人行为举止令人厌恶，常常是由于此人行为疯狂激烈所引起
animal也可以用来谈论与感觉本能力量有关，而与性格，智力无关的人的肉体属性
The labourer was a manufacturing animal（干活的动物）, perceived as a source of profit.
a particular kind of animal该项活动的行家
beast 用来以亲切友好的方式来称呼某人，通常指男孩或男人
where is Richard, the little beast?
I know he was a grumpy little beast, but I loved him.
beastly 粗鲁地，恶劣地 The weather is beastly
brute
brute force/strength 单纯的体力或暴力
PREY
one person is prey to another 一个人很容易受到另一人伤害或利用
one person falls prey to another
lonely secretaties fell prey to the charms of his agents.
to be prey to a unpleasant feeling因为……而闷闷不乐
He was prey to growing despair
Domestic animals
petpet project 指人们感兴趣， 给予比任何别的项目更多时间和精力的项目
He pause before returning to his pet theory
pet hate 指对某事非常憎恨
I can't think of any pet hates expect game show.
称呼喜爱的人 it's alright pet, let me do it.
DOG
质量很差的物品，the film must be a real dog
dog eat dog 形容社会竞争激烈
be dogged by something unpleasant 干扰，受影响
dogged顽固的
bitch 泼妇 感到不舒服，不快;
It was a bitch of a winter that year
说坏话 one bitches about another personhound
hound another 恐吓某人以取得利益
hound someone out of position 给某人制造麻烦以让他离职
cat
fat cat 懒惰，贪婪的人
catty 恶毒，令人讨厌，背后说坏话的人
kitten 性感，乐于调情的女人 kittenish
pig
what a pig you are!你真是个混蛋 t
o pig oneself/pig out 大吃大喝， 尤其吃不健康食品
pig-headed固执，即使有错也不改
sheep 形容人云亦云，盲目跟从的人
sheepish 因为自己做错事或不诚实而显得有点尴尬或惭愧
He returned, looking sheepish
lamb 形容所喜欢的人以及温和，好心，不麻烦的人
house around指傻里傻气地跟别人起哄
它本身就是文本，拥有术语及文法，透过物质的呈现，隐喻著另一个身体/思想。
it is itself the text, with terms and grammar; it is a metaphor, through physical evidence, for another body / thoughts.
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有学者认为词汇是对外部物质世界的隐喻，翻译则是隐喻的转化过程。
Translation is regarded by certain scholars as transformation of metaphors since words are metaphors of the physical world.
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知觉动词不但向思维域隐喻投射而且向社会关系域和物质世界域发生隐喻投射。
In both languages, there is metaphorical mapping between the domain of common perception verbs and the domains
of social interaction and material world as well as the domain of cognition.
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《迦特》也充满着光和太阳的隐喻。光不仅是物质的，而且是形而上和超自然的，是善良和神的最初标记。
The Gathas are filled with light and sun imagery; light is not only physical, but metaphysical , the prime symbol for Goodness and God.
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通过分析人类语言中隐喻现象广泛存在的物质基础，及其人类自身的生理、心理基础，论证了隐喻语言存在的必然性；
Analyzing the pervasiveness of the metaphorical basis in view of material, physiology and psychology, the inevitability of metaphorical language is expounded and proved.
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本文浅析了英汉“爱情”隐喻的相同点以及不同点，最后得出英汉“爱情”隐喻的异同是由人类的物质经验以及文化差异所决定的。
This paper analyzes the sameness and difference of love metaphor and finally gets the conclusion that the reason exists in the same physical experiences and the diversity of cultures.
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本文从认知隐喻学理论视角，探讨了五行物质概念意义向时空和人体脏器概念属性演变的机理，对于探讨了古代先民的认知思维方式和五行隐喻意义的衍生机制。
This paper explores the causes behind the semantic evolution of the concepts of Five Elements, which might help to construe the cognitive and thinking ways of Chinese ancients.
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隐喻以经验为基础，而经验的产生依赖于我们同周围物质和文化世界的互动。
Metaphor is closely related to human experiences which are a product of our interactions with the physical and cultural environments.
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他们沉浸在隐喻性的语言中，并认真地讨论像这样的问题，例如，“身体”是否该被看做是“细胞间的物质”。
They indulged freely in metaphorical language and quite seriously discussed such problems as what in the social "body" should be classed as "intercellular substance."
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运用英汉对比方法，从英汉物质、制度和心理文化层面，探讨文化对英汉隐喻词的影响。
This paper studies the cultural differences between the English and Chinese metaphors from the perspective of the material, institutional and psychological culture.
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——这个例子可被解读为一 种作者给出的隐喻：设计和消费主义相辅相成，将个人视作孩子气的主体，需要不断 以来新的物质刺激来保持快乐，消减了人的能动性。
It can be read as the authors' metaphor of design's diminishing of human agency and treat people as childish, infantile subjects who always need material stimulation to keep happy.
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英、汉“爱情”概念隐喻的异同是由人类相同的身体、相似的物质经验以及英
、汉文化差异所决定的。
But the diversity of cultures makes differences between English and Chinese expressions in love metaphors.