精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上英语修辞欣赏4/8明喻（simile)是比喻的一种，是一两种具有共同特性的事物或现象进行对比，表明本体和喻体的相类关系，两者都在对比中出现。常用比喻词有：like; not unlike; it was a bit likel can be likened to ; as ; as if ; as though; as it wereas comparable to ; many be compared to ; similar to; akin to ; be analogous to ; be someting of等。共分三种类型：描写型（descriptive) 说明型（illustrative)和启发型（illuminative） 【描写型明喻】Example One：撒切尔夫人辞职，老友里根撰文回忆中的一句I know it helped put me at ease when I felt like the new kid at school at my first economic summit in
