figuratively

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  • adv.比喻地
  • Web象征性地；比喻性；象征地

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比喻地

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Metamorphosis also projects my desire to break out of standard artistic forms, both figuratively and literally.
变形也是我希望在象征和字面上突破传统艺术形式的主题。
biàn xíng yě shì wǒ xī wàng zài xiàng zhēng hé zì miàn shàng tū pò chuán tǒng yì shù xíng shì de zhǔ tí 。
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Putting on some sexy music, getting the lighting right and starting out with a massage will get her to loosen up literally and figuratively.
播放一些性感音乐，散发着合适的光线，说一些性爱的话语，会使她身心放松。
bō fàng yì xiē xìng gǎn yīn yuè , sàn fā zhe hé shì de guāng xiàn , shuō yì xiē xìng ài de huà yǔ , huì shǐ tā shēn xīn fàng sōng 。
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Shaquille O'Neal gets figuratively dunked on if Kobe Bryant gets his own ring. I would love to see that happen.
如果科比率队勇夺总冠军，就好比是往奥尼尔脸上给了猛力一击。我很乐意看到这种情况发生。
rú guǒ kē bǐ lǜ duì yǒng duó zǒng guàn jūn , jiù hǎo bǐ shì wǎng ào ní ěr liǎn shàng gěi le měng lì yī jī 。 wǒ hěn lè yì kàn dào zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng fā shēng 。
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In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought" .
在许多语言里，食物通常被用来做隐语或比喻，例如“foodforthought（令人深思的事情）”。
zài xǔ duō yǔ yán lǐ , shí wù tōng cháng bèi yòng lái zuò yǐn yǔ huò bǐ yù , lì rú " foodforthought ( lìng rén shēn sī de shì qíng ) " 。
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But if you don't and won't, then burn this post immediately (figuratively, of course) and stick to what you know.
但是如果你不这样或者不想这样，那么请马上烧了这篇文章（当然是象征性的），做你想要坚持做的。
dàn shì rú guǒ nǐ bù zhè yàng huò zhě bù xiǎng zhè yàng , nà me qǐng mǎ shàng shāo le zhè piān wén zhāng ( dāng rán shì xiàng zhēng xìng de ) , zuò nǐ xiǎng yào jiān chí zuò de 。
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Figuratively, one may imagine the radiation of such a spherical maser as resembling a little hedgehog.
可以很形象地把这种球状脉塞源的辐射想象为一个小刺猬球的样子。
kě yǐ hěn xíng xiàng de bǎ zhè zhǒng qiú zhuàng mài sài yuán de fú shè xiǎng xiàng wéi yī gè xiǎo cì wei qiú de yàng zǐ 。
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As he continues to feel frustrated, he becomes rebellious , figuratively kicks at people, grows sour on the world.
当有挫折感的时候，时常会变得暴戾，潜意识地迁怒于人，对这个世界感到哀伤
dāng yǒu cuò zhé gǎn de shí hou , shí cháng huì biàn de bào lì , qián yì shí de qiān nù yú rén , duì zhè ge shì jiè gǎn dào āi shāng
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We think this [campaign] can be a real cleansing process, both literally and figuratively .
我们认为这项运动可以成为真正的净化过程。
wǒ men rèn wéi zhè xiàng yùn dòng kě yǐ chéng wéi zhēn zhèng de jìng huà guò chéng 。
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Figuratively speaking, of course, those fathers having long been ground up and turned into so much cultural mulch.
形象地说，这些前辈们早已被碾碎然后与诸多文化的根源搅和在一起。
xíng xiàng de shuō , zhè xiē qián bèi men zǎo yǐ bèi niǎn suì rán hòu yǔ zhū duō wén huà de gēn yuán jiǎo huo zài yì qǐ 。
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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。
zhàn shì ràng wǒ men lái miàn duì xiàn shí : dǎ bǐ fāng shuō , ruǎn jiàn cè shì rén yuán jīng cháng chǔ yú zuò zhàn zhuàng tài 。
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