So I like this tree metaphor here.

我很喜欢这隐喻。

Well, she says it's a form of metaphor.

她那是一种隐喻。

He both engaged our interest and set up an overarching metaphor for his entire speech.

他既引起了我们兴趣，又为他整演建立了一包罗万象隐喻。

Its preservative properties made it an apt metaphor for permanence and conviction.

它防腐特性使它成为永久和信念恰当隐喻。

Um, I think the argument-as-war metaphor inhibits those other kinds of resolutions to argumentation.

我觉得，将辩论看作战争这隐喻排除了其他各种解决争论方案。

Today, again, it seems like the world is on fire, literally and metaphorically.

今天，无论是从字面上还是隐喻上看，世界似乎同样深陷火海。

And a headache is, metaphorically, something that causes you a lot of problems.

" headache" 隐喻地指会给你带来很多问题事物。

So, metaphors are similar, but we're not really comparing them to something.

隐喻表示相似，但我们并没有把人和什么东西进行比较。

And then to use the language that's a mixture of concrete language, metaphor and emotion.

然后使用语言，一种具体语言、隐喻和情感混合物。

Or maybe you prefer a biological metaphor—the motherboard, you might have heard of that.

或者也许你更喜欢生物学隐喻——你应该听，主板。

But, 'pave' in 'pave the way' means create a metaphorical path. It's not real.

但是，“pave”在“pave the way”中意思是创造一条包含隐喻意义道路。不是真路。

Now, this sounds like a metaphorical meaning. Does it have a literal use?

现在，这听起来像是隐喻含义。它有字面意思吗？

When a simile or metaphor doesn't work, the results are sometimes funny and sometimes embarrassing.

如果比喻或者隐喻不到点子上，结果有时会滑稽可笑，有时会令人难堪。

The train really was the perfect visual metaphor.

火车真是一完美视觉隐喻。

This metaphor of solitude could be seen as a form of unconventional self-portrait.

这种孤独隐喻可以看作是一种非常规自画像。

He's just dancing on his own and there's something metaphorically that I love about that.

他就在跳舞，这首歌里面有一些隐喻性东西我很喜欢。

Natural metaphors for a rarefied elite, islands also thrust characters into inescapable proximity.

岛屿是一种自然隐喻，象征着遗世独立精英阶层，同时也让剧中人物不可避免地彼此接近。

Make sure to research literary devices like metaphors and similes before your IELTS exam.

一定要在雅思考试前研究一下隐喻和明喻等文学手法。

All human cultures seem to interpret time through spatial metaphors.

所有人类文化似乎都通空间隐喻来解释时间。

Metaphors are important because they bridge people's language and thoughts.

隐喻很重要，因为它们连接了人们语言和思想。