extended metaphor

常見(jiàn)例句

The extended moral metaphor in ocean culture is also the motif of profound moral integrity in the Chinese traditional culture.
“比德於?！蓖瑯邮侵袊?guó)傳統(tǒng)文化中具有深刻道德內(nèi)涵的母題。
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Through the study, the author has found: (1) Senses of the polysemous animal lexemes are extended through conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy and grammatical metonymy;
研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：（1）多義動(dòng)物詞項(xiàng)以詞滙隱喻，詞滙轉(zhuǎn)喻以及語(yǔ)法轉(zhuǎn)喻等認(rèn)知機(jī)制實(shí)現(xiàn)意義引申；
The use of metaphor is pervasive in all forms of discourse, and this trend will be extended in the future. Metaphor has been regarded as an important topic in ergonomics.
關(guān)於隱喻的研究和應(yīng)用在各個(gè)領(lǐng)域都有躰現(xiàn)，竝且呈現(xiàn)日趨增多的趨勢(shì)，迄今隱喻已經(jīng)成爲(wèi)工業(yè)心理學(xué)研究的一項(xiàng)重要課題。

In a quite extended metaphor, it reminds me of gay marriage opponents arguing that just because more people get to be married, it somehow invalidates their own commitments.
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