
anaphora
词源
源自希腊语 'anaphora',意为‘带回’或‘重复’,由 'ana-'(回)和 'pherein'(携带)组成。
noun
❶ 指在连续句子或短语中重复使用相同的词或短语开头,以增强表达效果或强调某一观点的修辞手法。
“Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech uses anaphora with the repeated phrase 'Let freedom ring'.”
(马丁·路德·金的《我有一个梦想》演讲中,通过重复‘让自由响起’使用了首语重复法。)
“The sentence 'Every day, every night, every moment, I think of you' employs anaphora.”
(‘每一天,每一夜,每一刻,我都在想你’这句话运用了首语重复。)
❶ 在语言学中,指一个词或短语指代前文提到的内容,如代词回指名词的现象。
“In 'John left because he was tired', 'he' is an anaphora referring to 'John'.”
(在‘约翰离开了,因为他累了’中,‘他’是回指‘约翰’的首语重复。)
“The word 'it' in 'The book is heavy; it weighs five pounds' is an example of anaphora.”
(‘这本书很重;它有五磅重’中的‘它’是首语重复的例子。)
常见短语
anaphoric reference — 指一个词或短语指代前文提到的内容,常见于代词或指示词的使用中。
“In 'The dog barked when it saw the cat', 'it' is an anaphoric reference to 'the dog'.”
(在‘狗看到猫时叫了’中,‘它’是对‘狗’的回指。)