• B:明喻又称 “显比”,“直喻”,“明比”,是 一种十分明显的比喻。明喻是本体 ,喻体 ,比喻词 都要出现的比喻 。本体与喻体之间在形式上具有非 常明显的相似 (或相类) 关系。 它的形式就是 : A 象 B。
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• Similes in the Chinese language can usually be rendered by words like “象 ,好象,似 ,好似 ,如 ,如同 , 仿佛 ,犹如, 宛如 ,象 …一样(似的, 一般)”。 prep. • But in English, comparative words are of various parts of speech. • 1.like prep. • 2.“as”, “(as)…as”, “as… (,) so …”, “may (might) as well … as …”, “as if (as though)” conjunctions and prepositional phrases • 3.“seem”, “surpass”, “be likened to”, “remind of”, “compare …to”, “treat …as”, “regard …as” verbs and verb phrases
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• 但部分明喻采用了语义双关,不能从字面上进 行翻译,我们只要译出其实际意思便可: • as cool as a cucumber 非常冷静(×像黄 瓜一样镇定) • as sharp as a needle 十分精明 (×像针 一样精明) • as tight as a drum 非常不肯花钱 (×像 鼓一样紧) • as sure as a gun 一点不错 (×像枪一样 确切)