figuratively的意思|示意
adv. 形象地，比喻地
figuratively的用法详解
figuratively英 [ˈfɪɡjərətɪvlɪ] 美 [ˈfɪɡjrətɪvlɪ]
figuratively用作副词，意思是“比喻地”；“隐喻地”；“比喻性地”。它可以用来表示两种情况：对一句话的含义的抽象层次的解释；对一句话话语的形象层次的解释。
例句1：The cat took a running jump and figuratively landed on her feet.
这只猫跳起来，比喻上来就落在了脚下。
例句2：Telecommunications industry is figuratively at the heart of the internet economy.
电信行业比喻上来就是互联网经济的中心。
用法总结：figuratively主要用来表示一种含义，它可以用来表示一句话对现实世界的抽象概括，也可以用来表示一句话对形象意义的解释。
figuratively相关短语
1、 figuratively speaking 象征地,打个比方吧
2、 to use figuratively 象征性地使用
3、 Literally And Figuratively 真实和象征
4、 expletive used figuratively 粗话别用
5、 Someone Figuratively Speaking 有人形象地说
6、 Both Figuratively And Literally 无论形象和夸张
figuratively相关例句
She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.
打个比方说，她正拿枪对着他的脑袋。
Notice in this sentence the word is used figuratively a transferred sense.
注意在这个句子中这个词是转义.
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English speakers like to use the word neck figuratively.
英国人喜欢用“颈”字作比喻.
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It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
它的目的无论是从比喻还是从字面上理解，都是超凡脱俗的。
Employees will be, figuratively speaking, in the driver's seat.
打个比方,雇员将会坐在驾驶座上, 即取得主动权.
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Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him.
打个比方说, 他是不能认敌为友.
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At times , both hands are figuratively tied behind my back.
我时常会觉得双手被束缚在背后.
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I saw that she was, both literally and figuratively, up against a wall.
我都看到她，既是事实上也是比喻地，面临一道墙。