English Rhetorics
Simile明喻
是比喻一个，是对两种含有共同特征事物或现象进行对比，表明本体和喻体相同关系，二者都在对比中出现，且常带有比喻词，如： Like/ seem / be something of / as /resemble/ comparable to /similar to / akin to/ be analogous to My love is like a red, red rose. (Robert Burns)
Metaphor 暗喻
对两种含有共同特征事物或现象进行对比；所不一样是在形式上，暗喻中本体和喻体之间多经过Be 动词来联络。省掉比喻词。明喻：Life is like an unexplored river, full of twists and turns, great beauty and dangerous surprises . 暗喻： Life is an unexplored river, full of twists and turns, great beauty, and dangerous surprise ...