literal
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.ər.əl/us/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.əl/C2
The literalmeaningof a word isitsoriginal,basicmeaning:
(意义)字面的,根本的The literalmeaningof "television" is "seeingfrom adistance".television 的字面意思是“从远处看”。
You will need to show more than just a literalunderstandingof thetext.你需要显示自己对文本的理解没有仅仅停留在字面含义上。
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A literaltranslationof atextis done bytranslatingeach wordseparately, withoutlookingat how the words are used together in a phrase orsentence:
逐字(翻译)的Hertranslationis too literal,resultingin unnatural-soundingprose.她的译文太拘泥于字面了,结果成了冗长而不自然的行文。
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- aright
- authoritative
- exact
- Goldilocks
- got it in one!idiom
- in so many wordsidiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- literally
- nose
- sharp
- superaccurate
- synchronization
- technically
- tightness
- to the dayidiom
- truly