从相似点看比喻与比较的区别

The Difference Between Metaphor and Comparison in Similarity Terms

比喻本质上也是比较。它与一般比较的区别在相似点上。比喻时相似点是喻体事物的类的属性,而比较时喻体要么不是类仅是个体,要么虽是类相似点却不是类的属性。还有些个体事物,由于成了某种典型,代表一类事物,它们也可充当比喻的喻体。相似点还决定了喻体分类的角度。从相似点上看,所谓"同类相比的比喻"都是不同类的,因此,"凡喻必以非类"的原则是不错的。

Metaphor is a kind of comparison essentially.The difference between metaphor and ordinary comparison rests with similarity.In metaphor,similarity is the attribute of things served as the vehicle,while in comparison,things served as the vehicle only refer to individuals,or the similarity isn＇t the attribute of things.Some individuals that mean the representation of its kind can also serve as vehicle in a metaphor.Similarity also decides the angle of classification.Some metaphors are believed that their tenors and vehicles are of the same kind,but from the similarity.they are not of the same kind.The principle that the tenor and vehicle of a metaphor must not of the same kind is not a question.