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单词 metaphorical
释义
metaphorical
adjective
uk
/ˌmet.əˈfɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmet̬.əˈfɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
(alsometaphoric)
Metaphoricallanguagecontainsmetaphors:
使用隐喻的
Her secondnovelis written in a very metaphoricalstyle.她的第二部小说中运用了大量隐喻。
not havingrealexistencebutrepresentingsometruthabout asituationor othersubject:
比喻性的，比喻意义上的
A metaphoricalocean(=extremelylargeareaofdisagreement)liesbetween the twogroups.两方之间存在着海洋般巨大的分歧。
There is adangerthat America's metaphoric "warondrugs" mayturninto abloodyreality.美国人“向毒品开战”的比喻说法有变成严酷现实的危险。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
  • allegorically
  • allusion
  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphize
  • figurative
  • figure of speech
  • idiom
  • ironic
  • metaphor
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • mixed metaphor
  • non-literal
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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(Definition ofmetaphoricalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmetaphorical

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Some students might benefit from explicit attention to the analogical relationships of the literal to themetaphoricalelements.
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In the first place, it is unlikely that sensory information can be moved to a focus of attention except in ametaphoricalsense.
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Specifially, those beliefs or assertions which are purely expressive,metaphorical, or whose truth value cannot be determined.
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It has been suggested to me that one important aspect of subjective progressives is that they tend to involvemetaphoricaluses of verbs.
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Once again, a great deal is made to hang on a rather slendermetaphoricalreed.
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Often it is precisely themetaphorical'seeds' produced during the maturity of the preceding period that are thought to generate the new period's growth.
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Not merely meant for looking through, then, thismetaphoricalwindow is the matrix through which space is projected and/or imagined.
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The threemetaphoricaltransformations are audible through the layers of observable musical elements to which they give rise: materials, expression, form and value.
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These projects were not conceived asmetaphoricalcritiques.
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This was mirrored in themetaphoricalassociation of old age with wisdom and experience - the latter being one of the fundamental signifiers of old age.
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The apparent dichotomy betweenmetaphoricaland logical reasoning is here bridged.
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Such problems supported the conclusion that past and present kinship groups, recreated through the systematic application of kinship rules, were moremetaphoricalthan substantive.
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The idiomatic interpretations of both of these expressions aremetaphoricalextensions of their literal, military interpretations.
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Perhaps this overemphasis on literal images inadvertently discouragedmetaphoricalresponses.
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Much has been written about themetaphoricaland philosophical reasons for their stasis, their inability to leave.
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