Conceptual metaphor is a mental construct mapping from a concrete source domain onto a target domain (which is often abstract) for the purpose of understanding the target domain.

概念隐喻是一种心理建构映射，这种映射往往是从一个具体的源域投射到一个抽象的目的域，以认知该目的域。

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Abstract: Champagne and art often go hand in hand and plenty of Champagne houses have collaborated with artists and designers to create interesting and often abstract installations and objects.

摘要：通常，香槟与艺术是紧密地联系在一起。许多香槟酒庄会与艺术家或设计师合作，创造一些非常有趣、惊艳的艺术品或者富有艺术情调的装置。

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By the combination of radicals or semantic elements, single compound words can express complex conceptual relations, often of an abstract universal character.

通过部首或语义元素的组合，单个复合词可以表达复杂的概念关系，通常具有抽象的普遍性。

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They are talking about abstract intellectual ideas, often religious or philosophical ones, and that, plus its setting: I hope you noticed the sort of New Havenish setting of Franny's breakdown.

他们在谈论一些抽象的智力观念，通常是关于宗教或哲学的，除了它的设置，我希望你们注意到那种,弗兰尼崩溃的新的Havenish设定。

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Far too often CEOs hire executives based on an abstract notion of what they think the executive should look and feel like.

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These small, highly detailed pieces are a far cry from the larger, more abstract forms Mr. Jaffe often favors, and so much the better.

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