“给予”事件可以是一个复杂事件。在英汉语表“给予”意义的双及物结构中,有许多动词原本没有与“给予”有关的“转移”意义,只是表述“给予”的分事件,即前因、后果、方式、途径、目的等。然而这些分事件与整个“给予”事件关系密切,转喻使这些动词得以表述“给予”事件的整体。这种转喻现象在英汉语中都有体现,在英语中尤为明显。 “Granting” an event can be a complicated event. In the double-substance structure of “giving” the English-Chinese form, many verbs do not have the meaning of “transfer” related to “giving”. They only represent the sub-events of “giving”, ie, the causes, the consequences, the ways and the ways, Purpose and so on. However, these sub-events are closely related to the whole “give” event, which metonymically enables these verbs to express “giving” the whole of the event. This metonymic phenomenon is reflected in English and Chinese, especially in English.