本文首先概述了隐喻研究的历史背景和现状。
The paper firstly reviews the history and status quo of the metaphor research.
隐喻研究的历史源远流长，可以追溯到古希腊时期的修辞学研究。
The origin of metaphor study can be traced back to the rhetorical studies in ancient Greece.
隐喻研究有两千多年的历史， 但传统上一直囿于修辞领域。
The study of metaphor can be traced back to over 2000 years ago.
隐喻研究已经有两千多年的历史了，隐喻历来被纳入修辞学的范畴，被视为是语言的装饰。
The study of metaphor has a long history of more than two thousand years. Traditionally, metaphor was always confined to rhetoric and was viewed as ornamentation of language.
隐喻研究有悠久的历史，从亚里士多德的传统隐喻修辞观到认知语言学将隐喻看作认知机制，再到韩礼德将隐喻拓展到语法层面成‘语法隐喻’。
The study of metaphor has a long history, which can trace back from Aristotle's traditional rhetorical study of metaphor to cognitive view, and Halliday's grammatical metaphor.
隐喻研究有两干多年的历史，传统隐喻仅仅把它看成语言的装饰，如同蛋糕上的糖衣，美味可口，但不是必需的。
Metaphor has been studied for over two thousand years. Traditionally it was only treated as a kind of linguistic ornament, the frosting on the cake merely, sweet tasting but not necessary.
隐喻研究有两干多年的历史，传统隐喻仅仅把它看成语言的装饰，如同蛋糕上的糖衣，美味可口，但不是必需的。
Metaphor has been studied for over two thousand years. Traditionally it was only treated as a kind of linguistic ornament, the frosting on the cake merely, sweet tasting but not necessary.
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