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单词 literally
释义
literally
adverb
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.əl.i/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.əl.i/
B2
using therealororiginalmeaningof a word or phrase:
确实地；名副其实地
They wereresponsiblefor literally millions ofdeaths.他们的确对数百万人的死负有责任。
Weliveliterally just round thecornerfrom her.我们住的地方离她那里真的只需要拐一个弯。
If youtranslateliterally, youtranslateeach word in atextseparately, withoutlookingat how the words are used together in a phrase orsentence:
逐字（翻译）地
Translations that are done too literally often don'tflowwell or don'tsoundnatural.太拘泥于字面意思的翻译往往会不太流畅或不太自然。
informal
used toemphasizewhat you are saying:
（用于强调所说的话）确实，真正地
Hemissedthatkickliterally bymiles.他那一脚踢丢得确实相差好几英里远。
I was literallybowledover by thenews.我听到这个消息真的惊呆了。
informal
simplyor just:
只是，仅仅，就
Then you literallycutthesausagedown themiddle.那么你就从香肠的中间切开吧。
More examples
  • He literallyflewacrosstheroom.
  • I literally had aheartattackwhen Iheardthenews.
  • They were literally over themoonat thenews.
  • She was literallytearingherhairout withgrief.
  • He was literally millions ofmilesaheadof the otherrunners.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accurate and exact
  • accuracy
  • accurate
  • accurately
  • aright
  • authoritative
  • exact
  • Goldilocks
  • got it in one!idiom
  • in so many wordsidiom
  • infallible
  • infallibly
  • nose
  • precisely
  • sharp
  • strictly speakingidiom
  • superaccurate
  • synchronization
  • technically
  • tightness
  • truly
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(Definition ofliterallyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

literally| American Dictionary

literally
adverb
us
/ˈlɪt̬·ər·ə·li/
[not gradable]
used foremphasizinghowlargeorgreatanamountis:
There were literally hundreds ofpagestoreadin thecontract.
[not gradable]
Literally is also used toemphasizeastatementandsuggestthat it issurprising:
I literally(= really)had noideayou and Sophie were coming.
(Definition ofliterallyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliterally

literally
Moreover, human individuals and institutions "invest," metaphorically, or evenliterally, in other individuals or institutions to enhance their own returns.
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For even if features of the world wereliterallyrepresented in brains/ minds, these representations would not explain cognition.
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The number of content elements are counted from here on; they do not have to occurliterally.
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It is very much in the nature of an epitaph, indeed almostliterallyso, as the first two lines of the poem make clear.
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In this representation, the internal order of the self we saw above is disrupted as the selfliterallygravitates through attraction toward another.
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In concert, these interactions may cause the foot of heavily infected cockles to beliterallyimmobilized.
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Stores, associations and family and village networks evolved to ensure the safe arrival of remittances and letters,literallyfrom the destinations to the village.
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The user's request may not expressliterallywhat the user wants to know.
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In previous formulations of projection strictness analysis, the two forms of demand were confused (literally) by the lifting trick.
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It does this both figuratively (by rekindling interest in it) andliterally, by organising concerts, releasing records, distributing those releases and other merchandise.
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Or perhaps there is a perfectly acceptable, philosophically respectable sense in which, quiteliterally, states have mental states.
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The performer's hand is fully inside the glove andliterallyinternal to it.
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Personnel were being workedliterallyround the clock.
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On one hand, actual levels of trust are often so great that we cannotliterallyhold physicians to superhuman expectations.
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And the derived verb ch'oolanink -literally'to heart someone' - refers to caring for, maintaining, or feeding another living entity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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