Figurative
['fɪg(ə)rətɪv;-gjʊ-] or ['fɪgərətɪv]
解释:
(adj.) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; 'figurative language' .
海伦娜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative.
(a.) Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions.
(a.) Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description.
(a.) Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.
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同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Typical, representative, emblematical.[2]. Tropical, metaphorical, not literal.[3]. Flowery, florid, ornate.
欧文整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Metaphorical, poetical, tropical, rhetorical, symbolical, typical,emblematical
ANT:Literal, prosaic, unpoetical, unmetaphorical
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例句:
- The figurative association was mistaken for a real one; and thus the three latter divisions of the Platonic proportion were constructed. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- These days, it was argued, were figurative days; they were really ages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Mr Tootle is so far figurative, touching the dismemberment, as that he means the boat, and not the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- We cannot be said to join our labour to any thing but in a figurative sense. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
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