figurative

　擴展辭彙　

英 ['fɪɡərətɪv] 　　美 ['fɪɡərətɪv] 　　

副詞: figuratively 名詞: figurativeness

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figurative的英文翻譯是什麼意思，詞典釋義與在線翻譯：

Adjective:

(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech;
"figurative language"
consisting of or forming human or animal figures;
"a figural design"
"the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此詞在這兒取的是它的比喻意義。
He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意義上,他把她關在牢里了。
This has long been taken not only literally, but also in a figurative sense, for the Orient has been considered as the source of wisdom and illumination.
很久以來人們認為這種說法不但是真實的而且還有比喻的含義，因為東方一直被認為是智慧和啟蒙的發源地。
Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
受洗禮是象徵的禮節。
Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures.
最近幾年的創作主要是體形大且具象徵性的陶瓷作品。
From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art.
在德國西南部的一個山洞裡，考古學家們發現了一件年代久遠的象徵藝術作品。