| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第10-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第10-11页 |
| ·Data and Methodology | 第11-12页 |
| ·Significance of the Study | 第12-14页 |
| ·Oranization of the Thesis | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第16-27页 |
| ·An Overview of the Development of Metaphor Theory | 第16-19页 |
| ·An Overview of Previous Metaphor Studies in Economic Discourse | 第19-24页 |
| ·An Overview of Previous Translation Studies of Metaphor | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Metaphor and Its Cognitive Functions in Economic Discourse | 第27-51页 |
| ·Introductions into Metaphor | 第27-32页 |
| ·Definition of Metaphor | 第27-29页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第29-32页 |
| ·Characteristics of Metaphors in Economic Discourse | 第32-35页 |
| ·Universality of Metaphor in Economic Discourse | 第32-34页 |
| ·Cultural Connotation | 第34-35页 |
| ·Cognitive Functions of Metaphors in Economic Discourse | 第35-42页 |
| ·Serving as the Foundation of the Conceptual System | 第36-37页 |
| ·Understanding or Experiencing One Thing By Means of Another | 第37-39页 |
| ·Providing New Perspectives to the Knowledge of Things | 第39-40页 |
| ·Reasoning Things Out by Virtue of Analogy | 第40-42页 |
| ·Classification of Metaphor in Economic Discourse | 第42-51页 |
| ·Orientational Metaphor | 第42-44页 |
| ·Structural Metaphor | 第44-45页 |
| ·Ontological Metaphor | 第45-49页 |
| ·Container Metaphor | 第49-51页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Translation of Metaphors in Economic Discourse | 第51-65页 |
| ·Reservation of Metaphor Image in Source Language | 第52-59页 |
| ·Replication of Metaphor Image in Source Language | 第52-54页 |
| ·Replication plus Metaphorical Meaning | 第54-56页 |
| ·Replication plus Notes | 第56-57页 |
| ·Replacement of Metaphor with Simile | 第57-59页 |
| ·Alteration of Metaphor Image in Source Language | 第59-60页 |
| ·Abandonment of Metaphor Image | 第60-65页 |
| ·Difficulty in Understanding Literal Translated Image | 第61-63页 |
| ·Disagreement between Literal Image Translation and Chinese Language | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第65-70页 |
| ·Findings | 第65-68页 |
| ·Limitations of the thesis | 第68-69页 |
| ·Suggestions to future studies | 第69-70页 |
| REFERENCES | 第70-73页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第73-74页 |
