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figurative

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  • adj.

    比喻的;修饰多的;象征的;呈现的

  • 英英释义

    figurative[ 'fiɡjurətiv ]

    • adj.
      • (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

        "figurative language"

        同义词:nonliteral

      • consisting of or forming human or animal figures

        "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"

        同义词:figural

    学习怎么用

    词组短语

    figurative language形象语言;语言特色

    双语例句

    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。

    权威例句

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    On our mind: Salience, context, and figurative language.
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    Blending and coded meaning: Literal and figurative meaning in cognitive semantics.
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