音标:['figjurәtiv] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 比喻的, 象征的, 修饰丰富的
a. (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech

考试类型:[GRE]
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形容词100%

figurative的用法和样例:

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。

词汇搭配

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

经典引文

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

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