Simile 明喻
It is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike elements. To make the comparison, words like as, as...as, as if and like are used to transfer the quality we associate with one to the other. Similes are used to describe words or phrases more vividly and emphatically.
明喻是比喻最常见的一种，作者常常借助这个手法将具有某个共同特征的两个不同事物联系在一起。在明喻中作者使用比喻词比如as，as…as，as if，like，seem等。通过明喻，作者能够通过读者熟悉的对象更加生动形象地了解不熟悉的对象，从而表达出作者的特定情感或者态度(mood or attitude)。请看以下例子：
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
I wandered lonely as a cloud.
Einstein only had a blanket on, as if he had just walked out of a fairy tale.
The check fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing.
He is in the kitchen like a duck to water.
请在实战片段中检测自己的实力：
And yet, players take home no money. None. How can this be? Because, like unscrupulous tycoons from a Dickens novel, college presidents, athletic directors, and conference commissioners set their players’ wages as low as they can get them—zero. According to a recent study, if college football operated under the same revenue-sharing model as the NFL, each player on the Texas A&M squad would see a paycheck of about $225,000 per year.
（节选自Sean Gregory,“It's Time to Pay College Athletes”）
在这一段中作者将大学的校长，教练主任，联盟的官员比作狄更斯笔下无耻的资本家，来控诉(complain)他们无情地(ruthlessly)剥削(exploit)大学生运动员，竟然不给他们发一分钱工资。这段明喻可以帮助读者更加直观和深刻地了解到大学生运动员经受的不平等的剥削。
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