figurative
英 [ˈfɪɡərətɪv]
美 [-ɡjər-]
[ADJ]
1. 比喻的
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.
双语例句
例：an event that will change your route – in both the literal and figurative sense.
一件无论是在字面还是比喻义上都将改变你路线的大事。
例：Most poems are written in figurative language.
大多数的诗歌是用比喻性语言写成的。
2. 形象（艺术）
Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.
双语例句
例：His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
他的艺术生涯跨越了大约五十个年头，在抽象画和写实画方面都有所造诣。
ADJ. 形容词
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