英语人名借代与转义赏析

摘要

英语中metonymy与汉语中的“借代”或“换喻”基本对应。《新韦氏国际大字典》(Webster’s New International Dictionary)对metonymy是这样解释的:“A figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated．”大意是说,metonymy是用一事物的名称来代替另一与其有关联的事物的修辞格。借代的形式多种多样,