释义 |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 主要翻译 | figuratively advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not literally) | 比喻地 bǐ yù de | | When I said John exploded, I meant it figuratively. |
WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: 复合形式: | figuratively speaking advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (not literally) | 打个比方说 dǎ gè bǐ fāng shuō | | | 象征性地说 xiàng zhēng xìng de shuō | | Figuratively speaking, the country is seriously ill and it will not recover soon. |
在这些条目还发现'figuratively': 在英文解释里: metaphorically |