明喻是英语多种修辞手法中最常见的一种。所谓修辞手法，就是根据表达需要，运用有效的语言手段来提高语言的表达效果，使语言表达具有准确性、鲜明性和生动性的语言运用方式。恰当地使用修辞手法，可以使文章更加生动，更具有表现力，蕴意丰富，引人入胜。
明喻是以两种具有共同特征的事物或现象进行对比，表明本体和喻体的关系，常用的明喻标志词有like, as, seem, as if, as though, similar to等。
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1．Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.
爱如风，你看不见，但你能感受到它。
2．I couldn't move my legs.It was as if they were stuck to the floor.
我的腿动不了，就好像给固定在地板上似的。
3．The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.
干旱之后土地硬得就像石头一样。
4．It seemed as if the world was at an end.
似乎是到了世界末日。
5．John saw the car coming and stood still as a statue.
看到车子过来，约翰像石像一样站着一动不动。
6．Reading is to the mind what food is to the body.
读书与思想的关系就好比食物与健康的关系。
