比喻的

Fig 比喻 He is not officer mate rial, ie will not become a good officer.

他不是当官的材料。

Fig 比喻 The Vice-President acts as understudy to the President.

副总统是总统的替手。

Fig 比喻 Her unresponsiveness failed to cool his ardour.

她对他无动于衷，这并未能冷却他的感情。

A boy received a drum as a present, and he played it untiringly in the apartment, in the hallways and on the street.

由于英国人历史上主要用马耕田，所以在英语里用"马"做比喻的表达法也较多。

Fig 比喻 In its first general election, the in fant (ie newly-formed) Social Democratic Party won few seats.

新成立的社会民主党初次参加大选所得席位无几。

Fig 比喻 The company has launched a strong marketing of fensive to try to increase sales.

公司已发动争取市场的强大攻势以期增加销售量。

Fig 比喻 They s napped at the chance of a cheap holiday.

他们欣然抓住这一少花钱度假的机会。

Fig 比喻 In a recent article s he s trike s out at her critic s .

她最近写了一篇文章对批评她的人予以猛烈回击。

Fig 比喻 You shouldn't believe all the muck and scandal you read in the Sunday papers.

千万别尽信在星期日报纸上看到的秽迹丑闻。

Fig 比喻 We gradually exorcized her feelings of panic and terror.

我们帮助她渐渐消除惊恐的感觉。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。