figurative

adj.

比喻的；修饰多的；象征的；呈现的

figurative language形象语言；语言特色

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。

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