隐喻的本质是人对世界的一种认知方式，而人类认识世界又是通过语言来认识。

Human beings come to know the world by way of languages and the essence of metaphor is a cognitive way towards world.

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直到二十世纪八十年代初，人们才开始认识到语言中的隐喻本质上是概念的，它深入人类文化的根基，是人类思维的重要组成部分。

Until 1980's people came to realize the metaphor was essentially conceptual and constituted an important part of human culture and thinking.

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