figurative

  扩展词汇  
['fɪɡərətɪv]     ['fɪɡərətɪv]    
  • adj. 比喻的;象征的
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figurative的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech;

    "figurative language"

  2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures;

    "a figural design"
    "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"

figurative的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. The word here is used in its figurative sense.
    此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。
  2. He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.
    在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了。
  3. 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.
    很久以来人们认为这种说法不但是真实的而且还有比喻的含义,因为东方一直被认为是智慧和启蒙的发源地。
  4. Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
    受洗礼是象征的礼节。
  5. Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures.
    最近几年的创作主要是体形大且具象征性的陶瓷作品。
  6. From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art.
    在德国西南部的一个山洞里,考古学家们发现了一件年代久远的象征艺术作品。

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经典引文

  • By a figurative..speech he declareth the horror..of the damned.

    出自: Coverdale
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