隐喻是语言中常见的修辞,是人类思维的基本方式,是语言及其社会文化产生发展的基础。隐喻对于外语教学,尤其是词汇教学和文化教学具有重要意义。学生对隐喻的理解在很大程度上决定于对目的语文化的理解与把握。因此,外语教学中必须将隐喻教学提高到应有的地位。 Metaphor is a common rhetoric in language and is the basic way of human thinking. It is the basis of the development of language and its social culture. Metaphor for foreign language teaching, especially vocabulary teaching and cultural teaching is of great significance. Students’ understanding of metaphor depends to a large extent on the comprehension and grasping of the target language culture. Therefore, foreign language teaching must improve metaphor teaching to its due status.