Figurative

(adj.) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; 'figurative language' .

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• The figurative association was mistaken for a real one; and thus the three latter divisions of the Platonic proportion were constructed. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• These days, it was argued, were figurative days; they were really ages. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• St. John's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Mr Tootle is so far figurative, touching the dismemberment, as that he means the boat, and not the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• We cannot be said to join our labour to any thing but in a figurative sense. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.

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