that's connected to a person, place or situation or even thing that you're making a comparison with.

它可以把你做比较的人物、地点或情况联系起来。

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If might be an image, a comparison, the finding of likeness between unlike things which is at the heart of metaphor and simile making.

也可能是一个意象，一个对比，在不同之物中寻找到的相同点,而这也是隐喻和明喻的内涵。

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