figurative 是修辞吗

是比喻的意思。figurative

GRE

adj.

比喻的；借喻的；隐喻的；具像的；有形象的短语搭配

figurative language

形象语言；修辞语言；象征性语言

figurative sense

比喻意义

双语例句

There are no such things as natural rights, the expression is merely figurative.

没有与生俱来的权利之类的东西，这种说法只是个比喻。

牛津词典

Figurative his contempt cut her to the bone.

〈喻〉他的轻视对她伤害极深。

牛津词典

The literal is the opposite of the figurative.

字面意义是和比喻意义相对的。

牛津词典

Figurative a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat

〈喻〉 反败为胜。