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I know that an obvious way to respond would be to say that Thales spoke only "metaphorically," that he was just trying to communicate in a way that ordinary people would understand.

我知道，一种明显的反应方式是说，泰勒斯不过是以"隐喻"的形式说话，他不过是试图用一种普通人能理解的方式来交流。

In the evolution game, whether the computer version or the real thing, the player obtains the same feeling of wandering metaphorically through a labyrinth of branching passages, but the number of possible pathways is all but infinite, and the monsters that one encounters are undesigned and unpredictable.

在进化游戏里，不论是电脑版还是真实版，玩家的感觉都犹如漫步于一个充满分岔口的迷宫，但是所有路径的数量几乎是无限的，而他所碰到的怪物们则不是设计而成的，也是不可预测的。

In nontechnical usage, of course, infinite is often used metaphorically to refer simply to an unimaginably large degree or amount, and here the comparison of the word is unexceptionable

当然，在非技术性的用法中，infinite 常常隐喻地仅指明一个难以想像的大程度或数量，在这种用法下，仍然不能使用比较

Nor did they spat over trivia. If the Sina list is like the star-shining sky, there are uncountable grass-root bloggers like glamorous, kaleidoscopic grasslands. When a star shoot across the sky, there will be a big focus (metaphorically the huge blog clicks ) among many people who look up into the sky, but over time we could have sore necks, and we feel uncomfortable in our eyes after meteorites vanish into nothing. When we overlook a small garden or unknown grassland, Obscure as they might be and it might be too small for all people to see, but what we can get there is the tranquility, the aroma of the flowers, the singing of birds and the fresh air that makes us feel our oats.

如果说新浪博客百强排行榜是星光灿烂的天空，那么，成千上万默默无名的草根博主就是繁花似锦、茂草如毯的大地，星空中某颗瑰丽璀璨的恒星、或某粒骤然划过的流星，固然会引来众目仰望，但恒星看多了，脖子会疼，流星看过了，眼睛会酸；大地上某个普通的花园、某片无名的草坪，虽然一时难容太多人观赏，但花香养鼻，草色养眼，曲径通幽，健腿益心。

Not every word or phrase in these chapters is always necessarily to be taken in its literal sense so that it may never have another, as when it is manifestly used metaphorically or anthropomorphically.

并非每一个词或短语在这些章节是一定要采取在其字面意义，以便它可能永远不会有其他的，当它显然是用来比喻或

Not every word or phrase in these chapters is always necessarily to be taken in its literal sense so that it may never have another, as when it is manifestly used metaphorically or anthropomorphically.

不是每一个词或短语，这些章节始终是一定要采取在其字面上，以便它可能永远不会有另一次，当它显然是用来比喻或

Unlike his adversaries, who were violent and loved war (metaphorically described as the barbaric people of Meshech and Kedar), he was a man of peace, therefore he did not take vengeance against them, though they maliciously slandered him.

他不像那些喜爱暴力与战争的仇敌（以比喻的方式描述米设人与基达人的野蛮），因为他是一个爱好和平的人，因此，他不想以暴力方式报复他们，虽然他们恶毒地诽谤他。

That is the reason why I wish to display my concept and finialise my creation on this year's Biennial: both suggestively and metaphorically Italy serves to be a laboratory where I will be conducting an experiment on your permissiveness and cultural tolerance.

在所有发展中国家，包括发达的西方，这样的问题依然存在，因此，对这样问题的引入，是对全球化进程中所有国家遇到问题的暗示，它是对人类普遍生存状态和现实矛盾的忧虑和反思，并非仅指中国。

However, at the same time, it is the different human experience from different people of different languages that may cause their differences metaphorically conceptualized.

但同时也是由于在不同文化背景下，也产生了一定的差异性。

Now, as my wrinkles have slowly defrosted, my eyes have been opened –- literally and metaphorically – to a new trend in beauty: mobility.

现在，随着脸上的皱纹慢慢解冻，我的眼睛张开了，同时也发现了一种全新的美：灵活性。

I will endeavour to find you some assistance.

我尽力帮你找人帮忙。

At first I only know bruck is the idol of American younglings, afterwards I returned back to Taiwan ,even in Beijing last year ,I saw her poster everywhere, I was so surprised at her charm.

起初我只晓得布鲁克雷德丝是美国少男少女崇拜的偶像，后来回台湾，甚至去年在北京，居然也四处看见她的海报，才惊讶她的魅力之大。