隐喻的发展可追溯至古希腊时期。发展至今,人们对隐喻的认识已从传统的修辞领域发展到认知领域。从过去把隐喻看作一种只有少数人才能掌握的技巧到认为隐喻是一种认知机制。Lakoff和Johnson在1980年合著出版的《我们赖以生存的隐喻》(Metaphors We Live By)一书中提出了概念隐喻,为隐喻的研究开辟了新的研究途径。本文从概念隐喻的角度对人民网从2013年起关于“中国梦”的新闻报道标题进行研究,解读相关报道是如何从概念隐喻的视角构筑“中国梦”这一抽象概念以促进其在公众中的传播的。 The development of metaphors dates back to ancient Greece. So far, people’s understanding of metaphor has evolved from the traditional rhetorical field to cognitive field. Metaphor has historically been viewed as a technique that only a handful of people can grasp to suggest that metaphor is a cognitive mechanism. Lakoff and Johnson proposed conceptual metaphors in Metaphors We Live By, co-published in 1980, opening up new avenues for the study of metaphor. This paper studies the headline of the People’s Daily on “China Dream” from 2013 on conceptual metaphors, and explains how relevant reports build the abstract concept of “Chinese Dream” from the perspective of conceptual metaphor to promote Its spread in the public.