擬人personification

1、 擬人是指把物（包括物體、動(dòng)物、思想或 抽象概念）擬作人，使其具有人的外表、個(gè)性或情感的這樣的修辭手段。A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities or form.1.Thirsty soil drank in the rain.饑渴的土壤在雨中暢飲。 2.Did you see the anger of the tempest?你看到暴風(fēng)雨的憤怒嗎? 3.The flowers nodded in the breeze.花兒在微風(fēng)中點(diǎn)頭。1

2、.名詞或名詞短語(yǔ)They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind and weather.他們?cè)诤Ｉ厦允Я朔较?，任憑風(fēng)和天氣的擺布。 The sea was singing; The forests were dancing.海在歡唱，林在舞動(dòng)。The hungry flames tear up the buildings faster than anything I have seen.饑餓的火焰以我見過的最快的速度燒毀房屋。一、生物擬人是把有生命的動(dòng)植物當(dāng)作人描寫。例:At last bee felt sufficiently confident to

3、 attempt a trial flight .終于蜜蜂覺得有充分信心可以作一次試飛了。二、非生物擬人是把無(wú)生命的事物當(dāng)作人描寫。例3： I heard the singing of Mississippi .我聽風(fēng)密西西比河在歌唱。三、抽象概念擬人是把抽象概念當(dāng)作人描寫。例：Culture is not satisfied till we all come to a perfect man. 在我們大家都成為完美的人之前，文化是不會(huì)滿意的.擬人化的寫法可以使文章更加生動(dòng)、形象、具體，既能生動(dòng)形象地寫出某事物的某個(gè)特點(diǎn)被擬人化的無(wú)生命事物，如大自然、天氣、季節(jié)、等被賦予生命活力，充滿生機(jī)，洋

4、溢著青春的歡樂，使人感到生氣勃勃。例：Springiscoming home with her world wandering feet.春天邁著周游世界的步伐回來(lái)了。國(guó)家、城市的人格化，往往使人產(chǎn)生一種親切的感覺，有時(shí)帶有一敬仰、欽佩、自豪的感情，從而使語(yǔ)言帶有昂揚(yáng)和莊嚴(yán)的色彩。如：例：France, mother of arts , of warriors, and of laws. 法蘭西，您是藝術(shù)之母，勇士之母和法制之母。有生命的動(dòng)植物人格化，使描述的動(dòng)植物獲得人的特性，使人產(chǎn)生聯(lián)想。如：使：What can you do for a dog ?What there was to do

5、 I did. He lived in luxury.對(duì)一條狗又能怎么辦呢？該做的我都做了，它生活得很奢侈抽象概念的人格化，可以烘托出一種藝術(shù)氣氛，加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)言的感染力。如：例：Opportunity knocks at every door. Be sure that when it knocks at your door you are ready. 良機(jī)會(huì)敲每個(gè)人的門。一定要使自己在良機(jī)敲門時(shí)已作好準(zhǔn)備。1.詩(shī)歌Youth is hot and bold,Age is weak and cold,Youth is wild, and Age is tame. -William Shakespeare2.廣告詞Time always follow me.（時(shí)間因我存在。） 羅西尼手表（中華第一表）Unlike me, my Rolex never needs a rest.和我不一樣，我的