英语中文学上的歧义有两种:一种是隐喻(metaphor),即有字面意义又有修辞意义。另一种是双关语(pun)。自从1930年出版了 William Empson 的“Seven Types of Ambiguity”(七种类型的歧义)以来,歧义(ambiguity)一词已被文学评论家用来描绘那些具有两种或两种以上解释的内容。当然,应该区分文学上的歧义和语言上的歧义。语言上的歧义通常是指一个句子同时具有两种或两种以上的意思,也就是意义模棱两可,有时甚至会导致误解。因此,应 There are two kinds of ambiguity in English Chinese: one is metaphor, which is literal and rhetorical. The other is pun. Since the publication of William Empson’s Seven Types of Ambiguity in 1930, the word ambiguity has been used by literary critics to depict those with two or more interpretations. Of course, the distinction between literary ambiguity and linguistic ambiguity should be made. Language ambiguity usually refers to a sentence with two or more meanings at the same time, meaning ambiguity, and sometimes even lead to misunderstanding. So, should