TransferredEpithet(移就)Definition：Atransferredepithetis，asitsnameimplies,afigureofspeechwhereanepithet(anadjectiveordescriptivephrase)istransferredfromthenoneitshouldrightlymodifytoanothertowhichitdoesnotreallybelong.Generally,theepithetistransferredfromapersontoathingoridea.TransferredEpithet移就TransferredEpithet是英語中常用的一種修辭格，漢譯“移就修飾”，亦稱“轉移修飾”，“移位修飾”或簡稱“移就”。這種修辭格一是把本來應該用來修飾甲事物性質或狀態的詞用來修飾了乙事物，轉個彎子擊表示甲事物給人的感覺。在現代英語中，最常見的是把本來用以修飾人的詞組甩來修飾事物。二是從形式上看，修飾語修飾的是某個中心名詞，然而在意義上，修飾語中的名詞卻是被修飾的對象。Group2:adj.+sth.

→adj.+anotherthingThewhitesilenceseemedtosneer,andagreatfearcameuponhim.寂靜的茫茫雪野好像在冷笑，一陣恐懼朝他襲來。Thewhitesilence—theboundlessfieldscoveredwithsnowwassilentWhitefox/shoes/silk/cloudsHisstoriesachievednothingbutcheaplaughs.他的故事僅僅賺了點廉價的笑聲。Lettingthatgoalinwasanexpensivemistake.Itcostusthechampionship.Group3:adj.+sth.→adj.+sb.Heisnotaneasywriter.Thechildwasnoisyinthemorning.Peacefulpeoplearenotviolent.(三)ThecharacteristicsofTransferredEpithet1Itreliesonthedeepstructureofthesentence.Itisillogical（不合邏輯的）andunreasonableinsurfacestructurebutreasonableandjustindeepstructure.Eg.Thethiefmadeatrembling（恐懼的、焦慮的）confessionofhiswrongdoing.

2Thereisacloserelationshipbetweenthetransferredepithetandthemodifiedword.Eg.Thebigmancrasheddownonaprotesting（抗議的）chair.3Transferredepithetissuitableforthenewcontext.Eg.Afterseveralacid（酸的）years.Shebrokeupwiththeman.（和某人絕交）Thelogicrelationsbetweenthetransferredepithetandmodifiedwords.（1）Causalrelation(因果)Puzzledfrown因困惑而皺眉Delightedsmile因高興而微笑Terrifieddespair由于恐懼而感到絕望Thoughtfulsilence因沉思而沉默Ignorantnonsense由于無知而胡說（2）Coordinateorparallelrelation(平行或并列關系)Shesattherewithembarrasseddelight.她坐在那里，即尷尬又高興。Welistenedwithsmiling

attention.我們一邊笑一邊注意地聽著。（3）disjunctiverelation（純修飾關系）Laughingeyes笑眼Sleepycorner沉靜的角落Apassionatethroat熱情的歌喉

ExamplesThatwasastupidplacetokeepyourmoney.你真蠢，怎么把錢放在那種地方呢？Iburiedmyheadunderthemiserablesheetandrug,andcriedlikeachild.我一頭扎進被單和毯子里面，像孩子一樣傷心地哭了起來。Hesaid“Yes”tothequestioninanunthinkingmoment.他對這個問題不假思索地回答“是”Hepassedadrearythoughtfulday.他在憂郁和沉思中度過了一天。Theoldmanputareassuringhandonmyshoulder.老人把一只令人安心的手放在我的肩膀上。Theyprolongedtheclaspforthephotographer,exchangingsmilingwords.他們邊笑邊談，以此延長握手時間，好讓攝影師拍照。移就的種類移人于物和移物于物

移人于物，就是把原來形容人的修飾語移用于物。郁達夫《還鄉記》中：“我女人經過的悲哀的足跡，現在有我一步步的踐踏過去！”“悲哀”原是表現人的心情悲涼、哀傷，這里用來修飾“足跡”。朱自清《荷塘月色》中：“葉子底下是脈脈的流水。”“脈脈”是指默