figurative
英 [ˈfɪɡərətɪv]
美 [ˈfɪɡjərətɪv]
adj. 比喻的; 形象的
Collins.1 / BNC.20849 / COCA.12006
牛津词典
adj.
- 比喻的
used in a way that is different from the usual meaning, in order to create a particular mental picture. For example, ‘He exploded with rage’ shows a figurative use of the verb ‘explode’. - 形象的
showing people, animals and objects as they really look- a figurative artist
形象艺术家
- a figurative artist
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 比喻的;借喻的
If you use a word or expression in afigurativesense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.- ...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
- ...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense.
- ADJ (艺术风格)具象的，写实的
Figurativeart is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.- 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。
- His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
双语例句
- English poetry; figurative language; rhythm; interactive approach;
英语诗歌；修辞语言；格律；互动法； - He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意义上，他把她关在牢里了。 - I'm using the word in its figurative sense, of course.
当然，我用的是这个词的比喻意义。 - What is the function of the figurative use of language?
语言的比喻用法的功能是什么？ - This article probes into the cultural differences between English and Chinese languages, by way of a comparative and contrastive study on the figurative images of animal idioms in English and Chinese languages.
摘要本文通过对英汉两种语言中的动物习语比喻形象的对比研究，探讨英汉两种语言所负载的文化信息差异。 - By demonstrating the lexical functions in the figurative speech with animal names, the article presents the rhetoric function of animal names in simile and metaphor.
本文从动物比喻的词汇功能出发，通过实例对动物名称在明喻和暗喻中的修辞功能作一浅显分析，指明它与英语文化和思维方式密不可分。 - Otherwise their literal or figurative licences to operate will be in jeopardy.
否则，这些企业的营业执照和公众形象都将岌岌可危。 - Compared with a simile, a metaphor is less literal and more figurative.
同明喻相比，暗喻不那么书面化而且更加形象化。 - The works minimize the features of traditional Chinese porcelain wares and figurative profiles and formalizes them into abstract forms.
作品在造型上将器物与人的外部形状再度形式化，以不断去除的方法突出“形”和“影”的特征。 - As a result, these two paintings represent his successful artistic transformation in the arena of abstract figurative.
因此，这两个作品代表了他在艺术舞台上从现实主义成功转向抽象主义的最佳例子。