(16) His addition completed the list.

把他添上以后，名单就完备了。

(17) Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

黑暗使人更加珍惜光明；寂静教人体会到声音的欢乐。

(18) Daylight will reveal the disposition of their troops.

天亮之后，他们军队的部署就会显露出来。

(19) These words stirred her deeply.

这些话使她深受触动。

(20) The expenses nearly swallowed up all his earnings.

这些开支几乎把他挣的钱全部耗费掉了。

(21) Hot baths do me much good.

热水浴对我大有好处。

(22) A_nail caught her dress.

一枚钉子挂住了她的衣裳。

(23) The title of the book invites the reader's interest.

书的名称引起了读者的兴趣。

(24) His hint escaped me.

他的暗示没有引起我的注意。

(25) There is a reference to Tom in my book.

我的书中提到汤姆。

In these examples, though English metaphorical sentences each involve a human participant or an implied human participant, they are translated into Chinese inanimate sentences. Of course, some of them can be translated into animate sentences. (24) and (25), for example, can be translated as:

我没有注意到他的暗示。

我在书中提到汤姆。

However, the inanimate sentences sound more natural in Chinese.

Up to now, the English metaphorical sentences provided in the preceding sections were all represented by Subject-verb or

Subject-verb-Object/Complement transitivity systems. Those that are represented by verb-Object transitivity systems will be discussed in the following.

Compared with the other two kinds of metaphorical sentences, those that are represented by verb-Object transitivity systems can be translated into Chinese more easily. They are usually translated into Chinese with the same Subjects, making necessary adjustment in the predicates. For instance:

(26) She is doing her knitting.

她在打毛衣。

(27) He took no notice of my complaints.

他没有注意到我的不满。

(28) I have an esteem for him.

我尊敬他。

(29) He embraced my offer.

他欣然接受了我的建议。

(30) They put an advertisement in the newspaper.

他们在报纸上登了一则广告。

(31) We would never pick a fight with them.

我们决不向他们挑衅。

(32) I have picked up a great deal of information.

我已经搜集到很多资料。

(33) The prisoners received harsh and unfair treatment.

俘虏们受到粗暴的不公平的对待。

(34) Then she turned her attention to another problem.

这时，她把注意力转向了另一个问题。

(35) They weighed the matter seriously.

他们认真地考虑了这件事。

However, sometimes the Subject of an English metaphorical sentence has to be changed to suit the Chinese expression. Look at the following two examples:

(36) Everybody sees imperialism growing weaker.

帝国主义日趋衰落。

(37) He had justice on his side.

正义在他的一边。

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