metaphorically

I 'll leave you in Robin 's capable hands ─ metaphorically speaking , of course !

我要把你放到罗宾能干的手中——当然，这只是打个比方。

Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy .

从比喻来讲，它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。

It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically .

对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。

This is our most basic performance of a point , is also often used metaphorically .

这是我们最能基本表现的一个点，现亦常用于比喻。

Exchange thoughts ; talk with ; we often talk business ; also used metaphorically .

交换意见；和某人谈话；我们经常就生意上的事情进行交谈；也用于比喻。

Put something on the road that metaphorically we can all follow .

把这个东西放在路上，我们都能够追随。

Occupy a place or location , also metaphorically .

占领一个地方或者位置，比喻性的。

Make dirty or spotty ; also used metaphorically .

变灰暗或有斑点；也用作隐喻性的。

Structural metaphors imply how one concept is metaphorically structuring one concept in terms of another .

结构隐喻意味着一个概念是以另一个概念隐喻为基础而构建隐喻的。

Now it is also used metaphorically to refer to feeling incapable of doing something .

现在还用来比喻做一件事情力量不足，感到无可奈何。

An grand and imposing entrance ( often extended metaphorically ) .

一个非常豪华和壮丽的入口（多用于隐喻义）。

Some researchers say they have that objective , but maybe they are using the phrase metaphorically .

但是他们可能是使用这个措辞来作一种比喻。

We understand the future belongs to those who can metaphorically surf .

我们懂得未来将属于那些能够冲浪的人。

This idiom is used metaphorically to indicate the flawless handling of things .

“天衣无缝”这个成语用来比喻处理事情十分周密，不露一点痕迹。

But now businesses are being urged to keep metaphorically clean , too .

但现在企业还必须保持隐喻意义上的卫生。

But Nietzsche was speaking metaphorically about evolving as a species .

但是那是尼采对进化种类的一种暗喻。

English is a synthetic language whose words may be metaphorically nominalized by adding suffixes .

英语是综合语型语言，可通过多种方式添加词缀隐喻化为名词。

Visser 's theory that the teaching of metaphorically extended meanings of a new word can enhance deep processing .

Visser关于多义词隐喻义的教学能够促进学习者对词义的深加工的理论。

And you thought I was speaking metaphorically .

你认为我是在打比喻。

Yet the danger is that it may become ( metaphorically , not literally ) self-fulfilling .

然而，风险是或许成为（隐喻的，而非书面上的）自我满足。

It not only has its functions in the form , but also metaphorically expresses his understanding of the reality of life .

它不仅具有形式的功能，同时还隐喻地表达了对生活现实的理解。

Structural metaphors of idioms mean that one concept of an idiom is metaphorically structured in terms of another .

习语的结构隐喻特征指的是，在习语中用具有高度结构化的概念来构建其他概念。

Hold this bowl for a moment , please ; also metaphorically : A crazy idea took hold of him .

拿着这只碗一会儿；他手里拿着一本书。

Therefore , absorbing foreign culture is metaphorically a process of taking a bite , chewing and ingesting .

打个比喻，吸取外国文化是一个入口、咀嚼和消化的过程。

This suit was lighter , both physically and metaphorically , than others I could have chosen .

无论在重量上还是在感觉上，这套西装比我可以选择的其它西装都要更轻一些。

Minor league teams play , metaphorically , " out in the bushes " away from big cities .

而小球联的队则在大城市外面的灌木丛生的地方打球，当然这只是个比喻。

That coastal divide is particularly stark in the US but it exists metaphorically in many other countries , too .

两个海岸之间的这种分歧在美国尤其明显，但从隐喻意义上说，它也在其他许多国家存在。

According to their view , human thought processes are largely metaphorical , and the human conceptual system is metaphorically structured and defined .

他们的观点指出：人类的思维大部分是隐喻性的；人类的概念系统是由隐喻结构支配，进而定义的。

What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation , of metaphorically falling flat on one 's face .

人们怕的是丢脸的风险，就好像摔个嘴啃泥那样脸面尽失。

The nuclear meaning of space concept often maps into other abstract concept metaphorically , and this is common phenomenon in span language .

空间概念的核心意义经常隐喻（metaphor）投射（map）到其他抽象概念之中，这是跨语言的普遍现象。