摘要
隐喻是生活中一种常见的语言现象,但是,它不仅仅是一种修辞手段。实际上,隐喻是指借用一种人们所熟悉的概念或者事物来说明或者描述另一个领域里人们不太熟知的概念。它不仅仅存在于我们的语言里,它还是人类思维方式的一种体现。隐喻可以帮助人类理解另一个领域内自己比较陌生的知识和内容。隐喻在英语中很常见,而在商贸及财经类英语中,更是如此。商务英语中的隐喻表达很有其特色,若详细讨论,可以分为很多种,但大体可以划分为七类。在教学中,教师可以帮助学生梳理和学习这几种隐喻表达,这对学生理解和熟记商贸和财经类英语的语言表达很有裨益。
Metaphor is a common language phenomenon. It is not only one of the rhetorical devices, it can also refer to the approach that people use a familiar concept to describe a new concept in a strange field. Metaphor not only can be found in our language, it is also a kind of embodiment of humans~ mode of thinking. Metaphors help people understand strange knowledge in another field. They are common in English, especially in business English. There are various types of metaphors in business English and they can mainly be classified into seven categorizations. Provided teachers could help students learn these metaphors, it would benefit the students＂ language memorization and usage.
出处
《高教学刊》
2015年第22期257-259,共3页
Journal of Higher Education
关键词
隐喻
商贸
英语
metaphors
business
English
