托福寫作中的暗喻和擬人

　　英語寫作中許多“潛台詞”的表達辦法，本日為眾人整頓了一些“潛台詞”的暗喻和擬人用法，考生可以經由恰當的演習然後運用到本身的作文中，下面為考生具體先容。

　　Metaphor 暗喻

　　1.You need to budget your time.

　　做一下時光上的支配。

　　budget原意是“做預算”，這裏便是說“做一下時光上的支配”。

　　2.Put aside some time for ping pong.

　　預留一些時光。

　　put aside本來和money搭配，好比：Put aside some money for your retirement.

　　表現“存錢”，這裏的意思便是要“預留一些時光”

　　3.Is that worth your while?

　　如許做，對你有利益嗎

　　while原意表現“一段時光”，這裏意思便是說“這值得你去如許做嗎?”大概說“如許做，對你有利益嗎?”

　　4.Do you have much time left?

　　5.He's living on borrowed time.

　　他大概不久就要過世了。(大限已近)

　　(living) on borrowed time大概be on borrowed

　　time的意思便是說“極可能要失敗了大概說極可能要死了。”好比：The government is living on borrowed time.

　　這個當局大概立時就要垮台了。

　　6.You don't use your time profitably.

　　你沒有有用利歷時間。

　　profitable原意是指“有益潤的;賺錢的”

　　7.I lost a lot of time when I got sick.

　　8.Thank you for your time.

　　Personification 擬人

　　1.His theory explained to me the behaviors of chickens raised in

　　factories.

　　2.This fact argues against the standard theories.

　　3.Life has cheated me.

　　4.Inflation is eating up our profits.

　　通貨膨脹把利潤都抵消了

　　Eat up原意是“吃完”的意思，這裏便是“通貨膨脹把利潤都抵消了。”

　　5.His religion tells him that he cannot drink fine French wines.

　　6.The Michelson-Morley experiment gave birth to a new physical theory.

　　7.Cancer finally caught up with him.

　　這裏的catch up with 表現 “對。。。發生影響”

　　8.Inflation has attacked the foundation of our economy.

　　9.Inflation has pinned us to the wall.

　　面臨通貨膨脹，咱們力所不及。

　　10.Pin someone to something

　　原意指的是“使或人不克不及轉動，按住或人”，這裏的意思便是說“面臨通貨膨脹，咱們力所不及。”

　　11.Our biggest enemy right now is inflation.

　　12.The dollar has been destroyed by inflation.

　　13.Inflation has robbed me of my savings.

　　14.Inflation has outwitted the best economic minds in the country.

　　縱然這個國度最佳的經濟界的精英也沒法對於通貨膨脹。

　　Outwit指的是“(智力上)跨越，賽過”，這裏的意思便是說“縱然這個國度最佳的經濟界的精英也沒法對於通貨膨脹。”

　　15.Inflation has given birth to a money-minded generation.

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