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figurative

发布时间：2026-03-24 | 来源：互联网转载和整理

adj.比喻的；象征的 副词：figuratively名词：figurativeness

figurative

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

"figurative language"

consisting of or forming human or animal figures;

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

figurative例句

The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。

He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了。

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。

Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
受洗礼是象征的礼节。

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。

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。

figurative近义词