figurative音标
英 [ˈfɪgərətɪv]
美 [ˈfɪɡjərətɪv]
figurative翻译
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
figurative用法
词组短语
figurative language形象语言;语言特色
双语例句
用作形容词(adj.)The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了。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。Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
受洗礼是象征的礼节。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。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
Why Do People Use Figurative Language?
Understanding Figurative Language: From Metaphors to Idioms
The poetics of mind: Figurative thought, language, and understanding
The poetics of mind : figurative thought, language, and understanding
Understanding figurative and literal language : The graded salience hypothesis
On our mind: Salience, context, and figurative language.
On understanding familiar and less-familiar figurative language ☆
Blending and coded meaning: Literal and figurative meaning in cognitive semantics.
On the priority of salient meanings: Studies of literal and figurative language ☆
The role of the right hemisphere in the interpretation of figurative aspects of language A positron emission tomography activation s...