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figurative

美 [ˈfɪɡjərətɪv]英 [ˈfɪɡərətɪv]
  • adj.比喻的;形象的

派生词: figuratively adv.

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adj.

1

比喻的
used in a way that is different from the usual meaning, in order to create a particular mental picture. For example, ‘He exploded with rage’ shows a figurative use of the verb ‘explode’.

2

形象的
showing people, animals and objects as they really look

a figurative artist

形象艺术家

3


She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.

打个比方说,她正拿枪对着他的脑袋。

figurative

频次

  • 1
    ADJ 比喻的;借喻的
    If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.

    ...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense.

    一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件

  • Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.

    以德国作为地理以及比喻意义上的中心的欧洲仍处于巨大变革的初期。

  • 3
    ADJ (艺术风格)具象的,写实的
    Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.

    His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.

    他的职业生涯延续了大约50年,作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

adj

1
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal;using figures of speech
figurative language
Synonym: nonliteral
2
consisting of or forming human or animal figures
a figural design
the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Rea
Synonym: figural

数据来源:WordNet

  1. He imprisoned her , in a figurative sense .

    在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了。

  2. This has long been taken no_only literally , but also in a figurative sense , for the Orient has been considered as the source of wisdom and illumination .

    很久以来人们认为这种说法不但是真实的而且还有比喻的含义,因为东方一直被认为是智慧和启蒙的发源地。

  3. His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting .

    他的职业生涯延续了大约50年,作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

  4. Describing the rapid development of vaccines as a literal and figurative " shot in the arm " during the pandemic , Tedros reported that while 39 million doses have been administered in nearly 50 richer countries , only 25 have been given in one lowest income nation .

    谭德塞形容说,疫苗的快速发展就好像大流行期间的一剂“强心针”。他表示,虽然近50个富裕国家已接种3900万剂疫苗,但一个最低收入国家只得到25剂。

  5. Both terms are a pejorative can occur in various ways . The term bloatware was coined by analogy with software , hardware etc and figurative use of the verb bloat which literally with liquid or gas ' . ( Source : macmillandictionary . com )

    Bloatware这个词是比照着software(软件)和hardware(硬件)等词加上表示“膨胀”的动词bloat的比喻用法结合而成的。

  6. What is the function of the figurative use of language ?

    语言的比喻用法的功能是什么?

  7. On the Twenty Years ' Study of Chinese Figurative Thinking

    中国形象思维研究20年

  8. Figurative some people can only operate well under pressure .

    有些人只有在压力下才工作得好。

  9. The application of figurative compression code and decode to the Automatic Control System

    图形压缩编码和解码在自动控制系统中的应用

  10. Figurative the stock exchange is very sensitive to political change .

    证券市场对政局变化非常敏感。

  11. The paper ends with some hot problems concerning about figurative words .

    最后对有关比喻造词的几个热点问题进行了探讨。

  12. A Tentative Study of the National Characteristics of Russian and Chinese Figurative Expressions

    俄汉比喻的民族特点

  13. Figurative I tried to lead the discussion back to the main issue .

    我试图把讨论引回到主要问题上。

  14. The Applied Value of the Art of Figurative Expressionism in Teaching

    具象表现绘画方法的教学应用价值

  15. English poetry ; figurative language ; rhythm ; interactive approach ;

    英语诗歌;修辞语言;格律;互动法;

  16. A Discussion on the Influence of Figurative Languages on Poem Art

    略论比兴对诗歌艺术的影响

  17. I 'm using the word in its figurative sense , of course .

    当然,我用的是这个词的比喻意义。

  18. Comparison is the most powerful speech strategy of figurative function in image formation .

    比喻是意象营构中意象功能最强的言语策略。

  19. On the Sentence Pattern of Figurative Speech in Ancient Chinese

    古汉语的比喻句式

  20. The word here is used in its figurative sense .

    此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。

  21. The Speech Strategy of Figurative Image and Its Cognition Analyses

    比喻意象的言语策略及认知分析

  22. The image of allusion is a figurative image of another kind .

    典故意象是别一种意义上的比喻意象。

  23. Study of rolling process figurative simulation

    轧制过程图形化仿真方法研究

  24. Research on Untranslatability Based on Several Translation Examples of Figurative Speeches

    从几则修辞格翻译实例谈英汉翻译中的不可译性

  25. Additionally , this paper also discussed the domestic responses for new figurative painting from china .

    此外,本文还探讨了来自中国本土对新具象绘画的回应。

  26. The Figurative System of Morality and the Metaphorical Use of the Chinese and English Language

    道德的比喻体系与中英文语言的隐喻用法

  27. Translation of English Figurative Idioms Based on the Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Languages

    基于英汉对比论英语比喻性习语的翻译

  28. On Some Problems of Chinese Figurative Words

    关于汉语比喻词的几个问题

  29. Graded Salience Hypothesis : A New Theory of Figurative Language Comprehension

    分级显性意义假说&语义处理新理论

  30. The Translation Methods of Figurative Language & On Translation Methods and Translation Possibility of English Metaphor

    形象化语言的译法&论英语隐喻的可译性和翻译方法