比喻事物最主要的部分 key link ; outline
比喻事物的非主要方面 minor aspects
比喻事物的消亡 perish
比喻事物的本源 root
比喻事物的本源、根基 root
比喻事物首尾相连 one continuous line
比喻新生的事物 shoot ; rudiment ; germ ; rudiment shoot germ
比喻事物的两面性 Every coin has two sides
比喻刚萌生的事物 bud
我们经常会运用比喻和象征以便尽可能清晰地描述事物，因而可以尽可能有效地阐述我们的观点。
We often use an image or symbol to describe something as clearly as possible and thus make our point as effectively as possible.
“ 比喻 ”保留了它所代表事物的基本特征。
The metaphor keeps some sort of structural similarity with its object.
这样描写很重要，因为这解释了为什么苏格拉底喜欢使用助产式来比喻哲学问题。 他通过向别人提出问题，而不是自己回答问题来获得事物真相。
This is important, for midwifery forms the great metaphor Socrates uses to explain his method of extracting truth through questioning others, rather than giving birth to it himself.
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