单词：literal
n. 印刷错误
[计] 文字; 直接量; 字面量; 句节
a. limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
s. avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
考试类型：[六级/GRE]
literal的用法和样例：
例句
- A literal translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.逐字翻译不一定最接近原义。
- He made a literal interpretation.他逐字解释。
- There had been a literal truth in his declaration.从字面上看，他刚才说的话并不假。
- We can get the answer by literal interpretation.我们单从字面上就可以找到答案.
- It was believed to be the literal manifestation of God on Earth.人们相信它是上帝在世间的文字表示。
常见句型
- The emergency signal SOS has no literal meaning.呼救信号SOS在字面上没有任何意义。
- The literal meaning of the word “cat” is an animal, not a girl.“猫”一词的本义是动物,不是小女孩。
- Can I have a literal version of the conversation?我能获得一份这次谈话的书面资料吗?
- He made a literal interpretation.他逐字解释。
- A literal translation is not always the closest to the original meaning.直译并不总是最接近原意的翻译。
词汇搭配
- literal interpretation逐字解释
经典引文
True there was never much talk of the heart, literal or figurative.
出自：S. BeckettThe literal meaning of Torah lishma may be 'learning for its own sake', but the true, the theological meaning of the idea is 'studying the revealed word of God for the sake of heaven.'
出自：N. PodhoretzHis literal illustration of The Song of Songs aroused a Catholic controversy.
出自：F. Spalding
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