| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·The present situation and significance of metaphor research | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research construction and methods | 第13-16页 |
| ·Research construction | 第13页 |
| ·Research methods | 第13-16页 |
| 2 Metaphor Understanding and Its Related Theory | 第16-26页 |
| ·Metaphor understanding | 第16-23页 |
| ·Metaphor's definition in broad sense | 第16-19页 |
| ·Metaphor's definition in narrow sense | 第19页 |
| ·Metaphor and metonymy | 第19-23页 |
| ·Theories of metaphor | 第23-26页 |
| ·Substitution Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Interaction Theory | 第24-25页 |
| ·Comparison Theory | 第25-26页 |
| 3 Classification of Metaphor | 第26-33页 |
| ·Types of metaphor based on ognition | 第26-28页 |
| ·Radical metaphor and derivative metaphor | 第26-27页 |
| ·Similarity-based metaphor and similarity-creating metaphor | 第27-28页 |
| ·Types of metaphor based on syntactic formation | 第28-30页 |
| ·Noun metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Verb metaphor | 第29-30页 |
| ·Adjective metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Adverb metaphor | 第30页 |
| ·Types of metaphor based on Semantic structure | 第30-33页 |
| ·Metaphor with tenor, vehicle and ground | 第31页 |
| ·Metaphor with tenor and vehicle | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metaphor with vehicle | 第32页 |
| ·Metaphor with tenor | 第32-33页 |
| 4 Chinese Metaphor and Its Classifications | 第33-47页 |
| ·Construction of metaphor | 第33-39页 |
| ·Tri-items of tenor, vehicle and connective | 第33-35页 |
| ·Bi-items of tenor and vehicle | 第35-36页 |
| ·Single item | 第36-39页 |
| ·Form of covert tenor | 第36-37页 |
| ·Form of covert vehicle | 第37-39页 |
| ·Essential factors of metaphor | 第39-44页 |
| ·Type of tenor | 第39-41页 |
| ·Type of vehicle | 第41-43页 |
| ·Type of connective | 第43-44页 |
| ·Use of metaphor | 第44-47页 |
| ·Single metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| ·Compound metaphor | 第45-47页 |
| 5 English Metaphor and Its Classifications | 第47-63页 |
| ·Construction of metaphor | 第47-52页 |
| ·Tri-items of tenor, vehicle and connective | 第47-48页 |
| ·Bi-items of tenor and vehicle | 第48-49页 |
| ·Single item | 第49-52页 |
| ·Form of covert tenor | 第49-50页 |
| ·Form of covert vehicle | 第50-52页 |
| ·Essential factors of metaphor | 第52-56页 |
| ·Type of vehicle | 第52-53页 |
| ·Type of tenor | 第53-55页 |
| ·Type of connective | 第55-56页 |
| ·Use of metaphor | 第56-63页 |
| ·Single metaphor | 第56-57页 |
| ·Compound metaphor | 第57-63页 |
| 6 Comparison of Metaphor Types and Cognitive Thinking in English and Chinese | 第63-68页 |
| ·Comparison of metaphor type | 第63-66页 |
| ·Cognitive thinking | 第66-68页 |
| 7 Conclusion | 第68-69页 |
| Bibliography | 第69页 |
