根据莱可夫和约翰逊的理论（1980），隐喻基于经验基础之上。

According to Lakoff and Johnson (1980), metaphors are built on their experiential bases.

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这样的话，隐喻就被称为是一种辞格，它的研究主要是限于文学和修辞方面(莱可夫1986)。

Viewed as such, metaphor was called a figure of speech, and its study was confined mostly to literature and rhetoric (Lakoff 1986).

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这宗交易不太可能成功，但巴格莱没什么可损失的。

The deal was a long shot, but Bagley had little to lose.

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