Abstract: Conceptual metaphor is an important cognitive model, which is vital for people to construct the conceptual system. In the context of embodied philosophy which cognitive linguists apply as the philosophical foundation of conceptual metaphor research, the construction mechanism of conceptual metaphor may be analyzed and explained through making use of the Event-domain Cognitive Model (ECM) proposed by Wang Yin and Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT).

Key words: Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Event-domain Cognitive Model, construction mechanism