figuratively speaking的意思|示意

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。

Well, figuratively speaking.

呃，我打个比方。

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。

The music, an important factor of the augmented product level, accompanies all this as, figuratively speaking, acoustic furniture.

音乐是附加产品的很重要的因素。打个比方来说，就像是声音家具。

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，乃要将父明明地告诉你们。

Now it's the world that's locked out, figuratively speaking, as much as the conclave will take place behind closed doors and begins with a morning mass in St. Peter's basilica.

现在形象地说是锁着的世界，秘会一样将闭门进行，在早晨圣彼得大教堂大殿大会中开始。