Metonymy is a cognitive process in which one conceptual entity provides mental access to another conceptual entity within the same idealized cognitive model.

转喻是在同一理想化认知模型中一个概念实体为另一概念实体提供心理通道的认知操作过程。

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With these two principles, the author argues, a real entity can be converted into a conceptual entity.

作者指出，凭借这两个原则，人们可以将一个现实中的实体转化为观念中的实体。

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Metonymy should be interpreted not as simply substituting one entity for another entity but as a cognitive process in which one more salient conceptual entity mentally accesses another entity.

转喻不应仅被理解为用一个实体来代替另一个实体，而是用一个概念实体向另一个概念实体提供心理可及的认知过程。

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