主要对《现代外语》2009年第3期上刊载的项成东教授的论文《英汉动物隐喻的跨文化研究》进行评述。通过分析,肯定了项成东从文化视角、体验哲学和认知机制分析动物隐喻产生差异的原因的研究方式及研究结论。同时,也指出了项成东论文存在的若干缺陷,并提出改进方法。 Mainly on the “Modern Foreign Language” 2009 the third issue of Professor Xiang Chengdong’s thesis “cross-cultural studies of animal metaphors in English” were reviewed. Through the analysis, we affirm Xiang Chengdong’s research methods and research conclusions that analyze the causes of the differences in animal metaphors from the cultural perspective, experiential philosophy and cognitive mechanisms. At the same time, it also pointed out some defects of Xiang Chengdong’s thesis and proposed the improvement method.