figuratively

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.
   1. ...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
2. 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.
   1. 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。

1. Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
   这些事，我是用比喻对你们说的。时候将到，我不再用比喻对你们说，乃要将父明明的告诉你们。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. Literally and figuratively, Beyonc é is a moving target& it's as difficult to get a fix on her as it would be to keep up with her on the dance floor.
   不管从字面意思还是象征意义上讲，碧昂斯都是一个移动靶&你很难定位她，也很难在舞池上跟上她的步伐。
5. Watching a big soccer match can strain a fan's heart-not just figuratively, but literally, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
   德国研究人员于本周三称，球迷在观看重大足球比赛时真的会“伤心”&这并不仅是一种比喻的说法，事实确实如此。
6. To taste bitterness; figuratively: to go through hard times.
   尝到了苦味儿。比喻遭痛苦，受磨难。
7. 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。
8. Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
   用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. Figuratively speaking, he's a giant among men.
    打个比方说吧，他是人中的泰斗。
14. I was just speaking figuratively.
    我只是打个比方而已嘛。
15. Literally and figuratively, LeBron was head-and-shoulders above his friends.
    从字面上和形象，勒布朗是头部和肩膀上面他的朋友们。
16. 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。
17. "Literally" isn't a word you use for emphasis. It's a word you use when you say something that shouldn't just be interpreted figuratively.
    “不夸张地说”不是一个用来表示强调的词，而是当你在说某些不能仅仅只用修辞手段来阐述的事情时使用。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. In this MCAI course ware, the potential energy surface of a bimolecular reaction system that is composed of three atoms has been described figuratively.
    在此课件中，一个由三原子组成的双分子反应体系的位能面被形象地表达出来。
21. 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。
22. One minute, I'm dying figuratively at the club.
    等下，我好像是死在夜总会一般。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. But the terminally ill Dalton is speaking figuratively, using the clown nose to illustrate a point about the value of hope in the face of hopelessness.
    但身患绝症的人说道尔顿是比喻，用鼻子小丑说明一点的价值，希望在面对绝望。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him.
    打个比方说，他是不能认敌为友。
30. As true as I live, he's dying for you; breaking his heart at your fickleness: not figuratively, but actually.
    就跟我现在活着一样的真实，他为了你都快死啦，因为你的三心二意而心碎啦：我这不是在打比方，是实际上如此。

adv

1. in a figurative sense
   1. figuratively speaking,...