It is a metaphor for what we have to do as a nation.

作为一个民族，我们应该照着这个比喻所说的去做。

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It is a metaphor of having a showdown at the last moment or making the final decision to the public.

比喻在最后时刻向对方亮出自己的主张或底细，也比喻公开最后的决定。

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Originally, superstar refers to stars in big luminosity, big volume and low density. It is a metaphor of some people with outstanding achievements in some aspects.

原指光度大、体积大、密度小的恒星；本文比喻某些方面有杰出成就的伟人。

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But a few verses later it's clear that the poet isn't really drowning: this is a metaphor for his difficult situation.

但是随后的几首诗证明了，诗人并没有真正的溺水：,这里的水象征着困境。

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One of the defining characteristics of a metaphor is that it breaks down almost immediately.

因为比喻的一个内在特点,就是转瞬即逝。

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Every sentence is a predication, and if every sentence is a predication, it also has the structure of a metaphor; and the metaphor in a sentence and the predication in a sentence are always going to be at odds.

每句话都是一句声明，而如果每句话都是一句声明得话，它同样也有隐喻的结构，而一个句子中的隐喻,和句子中的声明总会有分歧。

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" However, speaking at a March conference in San Francisco, Howard Schmidt, Obama's recently appointed cybersecurity czar, said that "there is no cyberwar, " adding that it is "a terrible metaphor" and a "terrible concept.

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The good news is it produced a handy metaphor that covers valuable business lessons.

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