托福寫作潛臺詞之暗喻和擬人

Metaphor 暗喻

1.You need to budget your time.

做一下時間上的安排。

budget原意是“做預(yù)算”，這里就是說“做一下時間上的安排”。

2.Put aside some time for ping pong.

預(yù)留一些時間。

put aside原先和money搭配，比如：Put aside some money for your retirement. 表示“存錢”，這里的意思就是要“預(yù)留一些時間”

3.Is that worth your while?

這樣做，對你有好處嗎

while原意表示“一段時間”，這里意思就是說“這值得你去這樣做嗎?”或者說“這樣做，對你有好處嗎?”

4.Do you have much time left?

5.He's living on borrowed time.

他可能不久就要過世了。(大限已近)

(living) on borrowed time或者be on borrowed time的意思就是說“很可能要失敗了或者說很可能要死了。”比如：The government is living on borrowed time. 這個政府可能馬上就要倒臺了。

6.You don't use your time profitably.

你沒有有效利用時間。

profitable原意是指“有利潤的;贏利的”

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，這里就是“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.

這里的catch up with 表示 “對。。。產(chǎn)生影響”

8.Inflation has attacked the foundation of our economy.

9.Inflation has pinned us to the wall.

面對通貨膨脹，我們無能為力。

10.Pin someone to something 原意指的是“使某人不能動彈，按住某人”，這里的意思就是說“面對通貨膨脹，我們無能為力。”

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.

即使這個國家最好的經(jīng)濟界的精英也無法對付通貨膨脹。

Outwit指的是“(智力上)超過，勝過”，這里的意思就是說“即使這個國家最好的經(jīng)濟界的精英也無法對付通貨膨脹。”

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