In recent decades this symbolic or metaphorical lyric has given way to one which leans toward metonymy.

  • -- Thomas Harrison 汤姆斯·哈里森

近几十年来,这种象征性或隐喻性的歌词已经让位于转喻。

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In this metaphor we actually have a picture of the computational universe, a metaphor which I hope to make scientifically precise as part of a research program.

在这个比喻中,我们实际上有一幅计算宇宙的图画,我希望这个比喻在科学上是精确的,作为一个研究项目的一部分。

I'm a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman with a cute bottom walking past.

我是一个女权主义者。近年来我书中的女性都是很有影响力的角色,我喜欢看到一个屁股很可爱的女人走过。

It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.

这是最近的事,但我已经变得非常喜欢自己做饮料。

Unlike metaphor, metonymy does not try to fuse images together.

与隐喻不同,转喻并不试图将图像融合在一起。

It's going to be a symbolic thing. But for me, they did enough.

这将是一个象征性的东西。但对我来说,他们已经做得够多了。