figuratively是什么意思？

figuratively

英[ˈfɪgjʊrətɪvlɪ] 美[ˈfɪɡjərətɪvlɪ]

• adv. 形象地，比喻地；

形容词：figurative;

例句

• to use figuratively 象征性地使用
• The upfront work is the secret to a million - dollar business and figuratively. 这是渐渐变成拥有百万资产的大企业的秘密.
• 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.
• Figuratively, he could not kiss the hand that smote him. 打个比方说, 他是不能认敌为友.
• Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation. 以德国作为地理以及比喻意义上的中心的欧洲仍处于巨大变革的初期。

反义词

• adv.
  figuratively的反义词之：比喻地;象征性地
  literally,

英语六级真题

It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  比喻的;借喻的
  If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.
  例句
  ...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense. 一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件
• ADJ
  (艺术风格)具象的，写实的
  Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.
  例句
  His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting. 他的职业生涯延续了大约50年，作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  比喻地;象征性地
  to use figuratively 象征性地使用

英英词典释义

• Adverb
  1. in a figurative sense;
  "figuratively speaking,..."