figurative

副词：

副词: figuratively

更多词形：

副词: figuratively | 名词: figurativeness |

单词例句：

The most specific or direct meaning of a word, in contrast to its figurative or associated meanings.

直接意义一个词最特定的或最直接的意义，与它的喻意或相关意相对

Baptism is a figurative ceremony.

受洗礼是象征的礼节。

This is a fine poem with many figurative expressions.

这是一首好诗，其中有很多比喻。

I know we need to wean you from Harvard in a figurative sense.

虽然我们会把你们比作已经从哈佛断奶的孩子们，但我从没想到会这么彻底。

St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom .

圣约翰的眼睛，虽然就表面的意义来说，是够明净的，可是就比喻的意义来说，却是难以探测的。

The content of the Voice of Zhengshi is very rich and various, with more than one connotation and figurative meaning.

摘要“正始之音”一词含义甚丰、用法多样，其本义、引申义和比喻义皆不止一端，与之相关的“正始”一词亦如是。

No one was doing realistic figurative art other than cowboys and Indians.

没有人正在做牛仔和印第安人之外的现实比喻的艺术。

This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgement.

他思想上的这种爱好比喻的习惯，削弱了他的判断能力。

War can be literal;it can also be figurative.

所谓“战争”，可指实际意义的战争，也可以是象征性的。