英語中常用的修辭手法課件

1、英語中常用的修辭手法1. 明喻 simileSimile refers to a direct comparison between two or more things, normally introduced by like or as. He has been as drunk as a fiddlers bitch. 1. 他醉得像小提琴手的母狗。 2. 他曾喝得酊名大醉/爛醉如泥。If We havent got any money, we cant buy a television. Its as plain as the nose on your face. 1. 如果我們沒有錢

2、，就不能買電視機。這就像臉上的鼻子 一樣清楚明了。 2. 沒有錢我們就不能買電視機。這就像禿子頭上的虱子明擺著的事。Mr. Smith may serve as a good secretary, for he is as close as an oyster. 史密斯先生可以當(dāng)個好秘書，因為他嘴巴緊得像牦蠣. 史密斯先生可以當(dāng)個好秘書，因為他守口如瓶。2. 隱喻 metaphorMetaphor is an implied comparison between two or more things achieved by identifying one with the other. Tha

3、t lady tries to make sheeps eyes at her new boss. 1. 那位女士想向新老板投去綿羊之眼。 2. 那位女士想向新老板獻媚。There is a mixture of the tiger and the ape in the character of a Frenchman. 1. 法國人的性格中混合有老虎和猿的成分。 2. 虎惡猿狡的性格，法國人兼而有之。Washington refused to make any comment on this proposal. 華盛頓拒絕對此建議發(fā)表評論。（metonymy 用華盛頓代美國政府）The ba

4、by was brought up on the bottle. 這個嬰兒是用瓶裝奶喂大的。（metonymy 用奶瓶代奶）3. 借代metonymy when a married couple saw red lawyer saw green. 1. 夫妻看到紅色時，律師看到綠色。 2. 夫妻吵得臉紅耳赤之日，正是律師招財進寶之時。I did not cry, I could not. My cheeks were as hot as fire, and my very eyes burnt in my head. 1. 我沒有哭，我哭不出來。雙頰熱得如火，眼睛在頭上燃燒。 2. 我沒有哭，

5、我哭不出來。雙頰熱得火辣辣的，兩眼好像在冒火。4. 夸張hyperboleHe ran down the avenue, making a noise like ten horses at a gallop. 1. 他沿街跑下去，喧鬧如十馬奔騰。 2. 他沿街跑下去，喧鬧如萬馬奔騰。Your wife is going to hit the ceiling when she learns that you were not telling her the truth. 1. 要是你的妻子知道你沒跟她說真話，她會蹦到屋頂那么高。 2. 要是你的妻子知道你沒跟她說真話，她會氣得暴跳如雷。He co

6、mmented with a crushing sense of despair on mans final release from earthly struggles. What do lawyers do when they die? Lie still. 1. 律師死了以后干啥？ 靜靜地躺著。 2. 律師死了以后干啥？ 身子動彈不得，口里卻依然撒謊。Policeman: What made you think that you could park your car there? Tourist：Well, there was a big sign that read: “Fine f

7、or Parking”. 1. 警察：你怎么想到了把車停在那里？ 游客： 噢，那里有個牌子，上面寫著：停車的好地方！ 2. 警察：你怎么想到了把車停在那里？ 游客：噢，那里有個牌子，上面寫著：適于泊車?。ㄗⅲ河⒄Z中的fine既有“好”的意思，也可表示“罰款”。）6. 委婉（euphemism）After services, she will be laid to rest beneath a simple slab of black marble beside her husband, King George 6th. 葬禮結(jié)束后，她被安放在一塊普通的黑色大理石板下休息，邊上緊挨著她的丈夫喬治

8、六世。 葬禮結(jié)束后，她被安葬在一塊普通的黑色大理石墓碑下，邊上緊挨著她丈夫喬治六世的墳?zāi)?。He commented with a crushing sense of despair on mans final release from earthly struggles.“George,” I say to my apprentice, “shut shop up. My old friend John Baines is going to his long home today.”“喬治，” 我對徒弟說，“打烊吧。我的老朋友約翰.貝恩斯快要回老家了”。 “喬治，” 我對徒弟說，“打烊吧。我的

9、老朋友約翰.貝恩斯今天快不行了?！盝ust as I was beginning to find the ride long8. 移就 transferred epithetAn expensive failure can be made into an asset if you have learnt from it, but Monsanto still has some learning to do. 1. 只要你能從中吸取教訓(xùn)，一個昂貴的失敗可以變成一筆財富。不過，曼山托公司依然需要對教訓(xùn)予以總結(jié)。 2. 失敗的代價雖然昂貴，然而只要你能從中吸取教訓(xùn)，它也能化成一筆財富。不過，曼山托公

10、司依然需要對教訓(xùn)予以總結(jié)。I buried my head under the miserable sheet and rug, and cried like a child. 1. 我把頭埋在悲慘的被單和毯子下面，像孩子樣哭了起來。 2. 我非常難過，一頭扎進被單和毯子，像孩子一樣哭了起來。The old man lay all night on his sleepless bed. 1. 老人整夜躺在那不眠的床上。 2. 老人躺在床上，徹夜未眠。10. antithesis 對語 & parallelismThe Christian believes that man came from

11、above. The evolutionist believes that he must come from below. That is our policy and that is our declaration.11. Irony 反諷What a noble illustration of the tender law of his favored country! They let the poor go to sleep.這個例證多么有力地證明了他所偏愛的國家法律是多么溫和他們競?cè)辉试S窮人睡覺。 Ridicule 嘲笑：mopped his bald dome in silence.sarcasm挖苦: there is some doubt about that (unit 10)12. Oxymoron 矛盾修辭法Malone called my conviction a “victorious defeat”.A living death Changelessly changing13. Alliteration 頭韻法Willful waste makes woefu