本文运用语料调查的方法对比研究英汉隐喻运动表达。英汉隐喻运动表达在以空间运动所建构的目标域和隐喻投射方式上都表现出很大的相似性,但是在具体的语言表征方面却体现出差异:英语隐喻运动表达所使用的方式动词的频率比汉语高,类型也比汉语多,而且更加注重具体的运动方式。英汉隐喻运动表达在语言表征方面的差异由英汉运动事件词汇化模式的差异引起。这说明不同语言之间对运动事件的词汇化模式的差异也会延伸到其隐喻用法中。 This article uses corpus surveys to compare the movement of English and Chinese metaphors. English and Chinese metaphorical expressions show great similarities in the target domain and metaphorical projection mode constructed by spatial movement, but show differences in specific linguistic representations: the frequency of modal verbs used in English metaphorical expressions Higher than Chinese, more types than Chinese, but more emphasis on specific ways of exercise. The differences of the English and Chinese metaphorical expressions in language representation are caused by the differences in the lexicalization patterns of the English and Chinese sports events. This shows that different language lexical patterns of movement events will also be extended to the metaphorical usage.