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figurative adj.比喻的；象征的 (1) 此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。(2) 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。(3) 受洗礼是象征的礼节。(4) 最近几年的创作主要是体形大且具象征性的陶瓷作品。(5) 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。 The adjective figurative comes from the Old French word figuratif, which means “metaphorical.” Any figure of speech — a statement or phrase not intended to be understood literally — is figurative. You say your hands are frozen, or you are so hungry you could eat a horse. That's being figurative. In art, figure means "human or animal form," so a figurative drawing might show horses running across a field.

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英 ['fɪɡərətɪv] 美 ['fɪɡərətɪv] (1) The word here is used in its figurative sense.(2) 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.(3) Baptism is a figurative ceremony.(4) Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures.(5) From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art. When speech or writing is not literal, it is figurative, like when you say you have a ton of homework. You don't really have 2000 pounds of homework, do you? Also, when art depicts a figure from life it is figurative, like a figurative drawing of a dancer. 1[ADJ 形容词]比喻的；借喻的 If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.   [usu ADJ n]...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense.一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件figurativelyEurope, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation.以德国作为地理以及比喻意义上的中心的欧洲仍处于巨大变革的初期。2[ADJ 形容词](艺术风格)具象的，写实的 Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.   [usu ADJ n]His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.他的职业生涯延续了大约50年，作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

英语单词	figurative
英美音标	英 ['fɪɡərətɪv] 美 ['fɪɡərətɪv]
中文释义	adj.比喻的；象征的
英语例句	(1) The word here is used in its figurative sense. (2) 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. (3) Baptism is a figurative ceremony. (4) Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures. (5) From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art.
中文例句	(1) 此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。 (2) 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。 (3) 受洗礼是象征的礼节。 (4) 最近几年的创作主要是体形大且具象征性的陶瓷作品。 (5) 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。
vocabulary简明	When speech or writing is not literal, it is figurative, like when you say you have a ton of homework. You don't really have 2000 pounds of homework, do you? Also, when art depicts a figure from life it is figurative, like a figurative drawing of a dancer.
vocabulary扩展	The adjective figurative comes from the Old French word figuratif, which means “metaphorical.” Any figure of speech — a statement or phrase not intended to be understood literally — is figurative. You say your hands are frozen, or you are so hungry you could eat a horse. That's being figurative. In art, figure means "human or animal form," so a figurative drawing might show horses running across a field.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]比喻的；借喻的 If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one. [usu ADJ n] ...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense. 一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件 figuratively Europe, with Germany literally and figuratively at its centre, is still at the start of a remarkable transformation. 以德国作为地理以及比喻意义上的中心的欧洲仍处于巨大变革的初期。 2 [ADJ 形容词](艺术风格)具象的，写实的 Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way. [usu ADJ n] His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting. 他的职业生涯延续了大约50年，作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

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