英语修饰格学习资料——Simile（明喻）

This so-called antique, as it were, is a fake. 这个所谓的古董，看上去好像是古董，但实际上是赝品。

He became as it were a kind of hero from a strange land. 他仿佛成了一个来自异乡的英雄。

■compare...to 把……比作……

The poet compared her teeth to pearls. 诗人把她的牙齿比作珍珠。

Shakespeare compared the world to a stage. 莎士比亚把世界比作舞台。

Some people have compared him to Elvis. 有些人把他比作“猫王”埃尔维斯。

■comparison of sth to sth 把……比作……

His comparison of the heart to a pump helped the children understand its action. 他将心脏比作打气筒(抽水机)有助于孩子们了解心脏的作用。

■like 像……一样

The human history is like a long river. 人类历史像一条长河。

The flowers were like a carpet of gold. 那些花卉犹如金色的地毯。

She is like a narcissus trembling in the wind. 她像一朵在风中颤抖的水仙花。

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标，犹如航海没有罗盘。

To marry a woman for her beauty is like buying a house for its paint. 由于面貌美丽而娶妻，犹如油漆漂亮而买屋。

Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。

■liken...to 把……比作

Life has often been likened to a journey. 生活常常比作旅行。

Someone likened his voice to the croaking of a bull-frog. 有人把他的声音比作牛蛙的叫声。

Life can be likened to a journey with an unknown destination. 人生就好比一场不知终点的旅行。

■may as well...as 做某事正如……

One might as well throw money into the sea as lend it to William. 把钱借给威廉，就好像把钱扔到海里一样。

He can no more swim than a hammer can. 他不能游泳正如锤子不能游泳一样。

■no more...than 像……一样不……；……和……都不……

I know no more Spanish than I know Greek. 我对西班牙语和希腊语同样都不懂。

He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是数学家一样，他也不是艺术家。

He is no more an artist than you are a mathematician. 就像你不是数学家一样，他也不是艺术家。

■resemblance to 像……

Frenchmen saw in him a resemblance to Clemenceau. 法国人可以看出他很象克莱蒙梭。

Your story bears / has / shows little or no resemblance to the facts. 你说的与事实相去甚远 或谓根本不符。

■seem 好像

The dog lay so still it scarcely seemed animate. 那条狗卧着一动也不动，简直不像活的。

John’s taken up stamp-collecting; he seems really bitten by it. 约翰已经着手集邮，好像真入迷了。

The choice of players for the team seems completely arbitrary. 队员的挑选似乎完全是主观决定的。