是比喻的意思。figurative
GRE
adj.
比喻的借喻的隱喻的具像的有形象的短語搭配
figurative language
形象語言修辭語言象徵性語言
figurative sense
比喻意義
雙語例句
There are no such things as natural rights， the expression is merely figurative.
沒有與生俱來的權利之類的東西，這種說法只是個比喻。
牛津詞典
Figurative his contempt cut her to the bone.
〈喻〉他的輕視對她傷害極深。
牛津詞典
The literal is the opposite of the figurative.
字面意義是和比喻意義相對的。
牛津詞典
Figurative a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat
〈喻〉 反敗為勝。
