1·We rejected the overly anthropomorphic servers and chose a metaphoric style for our first color icon: a literal server serving information on a silver platter.
我们抛弃了过度的人-神同形的服务器，然后使用了一种隐喻的风格来设计我们的第一个彩色图标。我们使用文字的服务器在银色的盘子上显示信息。
2·We grasp the meaning of the metaphoric controls in an interface because we mentally connect them with other things we have already learned.
我们之所以理解界面中隐喻控件的含义，是因为在心里把它们与其他我们熟悉的事物联系在一起。
3·Use metaphors if you can find them, but don't bend your interface to fit some arbitrary metaphoric standard.
如果你能找到合适的隐喻，就使用他们，但不要让你的界面屈从某些任意的隐喻标准。
4·These metaphoric phrases indicate that, here again during learning, the difference between "really" and "merely" refers to a certain participation of the individual's feelings in the learning process.
这些隐喻词语表明，在这里的学习过程中， “真正”和“仅仅”之间的区别是指在学习过程中参与的某种程度的个人的感情的不同。
5·In the world of modern hygiene, purity has become a purely metaphoric or moralistic term.
在现代卫生学的世界，纯净已经成了一个纯粹隐喻的或道德的措词。