figurative

英 ['fɪɡərətɪv] 美 ['fɪɡərətɪv]

• adj. 比喻的；象征的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech;

   "figurative language"
   

2. consisting of or forming human or animal figures;

   "a figural design"
   "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The word here is used in its figurative sense.
   此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。
2. He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.
   在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了。
3. 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。
4. Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
   受洗礼是象征的礼节。
5. 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。
6. 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。

经典引文

• By a figurative..speech he declareth the horror..of the damned.

  出自： Coverdale

词汇搭配

• figurative design 象征的设计
• figurative diagram 象形图
• figurative graph 象形图

近反义词

【近义词】

• metaphorical 隐喻性的
• symbolic 象征的
• allegorical 寓言的
• emblematic 作为象征的
• abstract 抽象的
• figural 具有人(或动物)形象的...

【反义词】

• literal 逐字的