委婉语隐喻的认知基础是在我们的概念系统中的源域和目标域概念之间的相似性联想。
The resemblance between the source domain and the target domain in the conceptual system serves as the ground of this cognitive process.
在阅读过程中意象图式是一种组织概念知识的基本单位，读者可以将它作为理解目标域的平台。
Image schemas can be used by readers as basic units to organize conceptual knowledge which serves as a scaffold for the reader to achieve an understanding of the target domain.
隐喻是目标概念域和始源概念域中两个相同意象和意象图式互相映射的结果。
Metaphor comes as a result of image schema mapping both in the target conceptual domain and the source conceptual domain.
投射的过程不仅仅是词语的借用，同时也使目标域的概念得到突显和明晰。
The process of projection is not just the borrowing of words, but the spotlighting and clarifying of the corresponding concepts in the target domain.
投射的过程不仅仅是词语的借用，同时也使目标域的概念得到突显和明晰。
The process of projection is not just the borrowing of words, but the spotlighting and clarifying of the corresponding concepts in the target domain.
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