figuratively

美 ['fɪɡjərətɪvli]英 ['fɪɡərətɪvli]
  • adv.比喻地
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figuratively

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    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。

adv

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in a figurative sense
figuratively speaking,...

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  1. Someone honored for great achievements ; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath .

    由于重大的成就而被授奖的人;比喻地说成是头上戴桂冠花圈的人。

  2. 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。

  3. While teaching abstract theories figuratively is a good way to arise students interest .

    抽象理论形象化教学是引起学生兴趣的直观手段。

  4. The business world is sometimes described figuratively as dog eat dog .

    有时,人们会形象地把商业界比喻成狗咬狗的世界。

  5. He looked right and left ; also figuratively ; the party has moved right .

    他向左右看了看;也有比喻性的用法;这个党派已经右了。

  6. Figuratively speaking , he 's a giant among men .

    打个比方说吧,他是人中的泰斗。

  7. One minute , I 'm dying figuratively at the club .

    等下,我好像是死在夜总会一般。

  8. To taste bitterness ; figuratively : to go through hard times .

    尝到了苦味儿。比喻遭痛苦,受磨难。

  9. He is figuratively described as servant , shadow , female or live machine .

    译者被形象地比喻为仆人、影子、镜子、活机器等。

  10. It brought down the financial pillars of the United States figuratively and literally .

    它带来的下跌财政的支柱,美国的形象和在字面上。

  11. I laughed until I nearly died , figuratively speaking , of course .

    我差点笑死了,这当然是比喻性的说法。

  12. Master Bruce , you live on an island figuratively and literally

    布鲁斯少爷你真的是生活在孤岛之上

  13. Employees will be , figuratively speaking , in the driver 's seat .

    打个比方来说,雇员将会坐在驾驶座上,即取得主动权。

  14. figuratively , means the situation has changed and no one knows with any certainty what will happen next .

    引申义为情况发生了变化,谁也不知道到底会怎样。

  15. He did not mean this figuratively he meant this literally .

    他没有这个意思,他指这是变相形象。

  16. Figuratively , he could not kiss the hand that smote him .

    打个比方说,他是不能认敌为友。

  17. With the study that specified , melted as the memory way figuratively and systematized and summarize mainly ;

    主要是以具体化、形象化、系统化和概括化作为记忆方式的学习;

  18. And so it is , figuratively speaking , with tax policy and the fiscal cliff .

    税收政策和财政悬崖仿佛也是如此。

  19. This method enable students to understand and grasp Debiting and Crediting Accounting Method figuratively and visually .

    这种教学方法使学生能形象直观地理解和把握借贷记账法。

  20. It occurs to me that " Control your exit " is advice that 's figuratively true , too .

    我突然发现“控制自己的出口”从喻意方面来说也是正确的。

  21. Figuratively , one may imagine the radiation of such a spherical maser as resembling a little hedgehog .

    可以很形象地把这种球状脉塞源的辐射想象为一个小刺猬球的样子。

  22. Expletives Used Figuratively in Spoken English

    英语口语中的粗话别用

  23. Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively ; especially for stealing or picking pockets .

    事实上有或者比喻有敏捷的手指;特别是指盗贼或者扒手。

  24. I wonder how many of us figuratively have Harry Potter story outlines written on napkins in our lives .

    我在想我们中有多少人有过像把哈利波特的故事大纲写在餐巾上那样的经历。

  25. Three months ago , he was that much closer to death , and it was literally and figuratively all over his face .

    三个月前,他是那么的接近死神,一切都可以从他的脸色直接体现出来。

  26. I know I 'll spend time in Tennessee and mend some fences , literally and figuratively .

    我也会在家乡田纳西州修补一下篱笆&真实的和象征的篱笆。

  27. WarriorLet 's face it : software testers are constantly in a state of warfare , figuratively speaking .

    战士让我们来面对现实:打比方说,软件测试人员经常处于作战状态。

  28. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter , I will never work myself into the ground , literally or figuratively .

    作为一名报社记者,尽管我非常热爱我的工作,但我决不会因为拼命工作而把自己送进坟墓里,无论是字面义还是比喻义。

  29. Figuratively speaking , China 's cartoon industry focuses on the implementation of " grasping both ends , with the middle , three-dimensional ", as follows .

    形象地说,我国的动漫产业发展的实施重点是“抓两头、带中间、立体化”,具体如下。

  30. Figuratively speaking , if a bank has poor liquidity , then it is likely that they will be in the intensive care ward ;

    形象地说,如果银行的流动性不佳,那么就可能被关进重病护理病房;