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单词 metaphorically
释义
metaphorically
adverb
uk
/ˌmet.əˈfɒr.ɪ.kəli/us
/ˌmet̬.əˈfɔːr.ɪ.kəl.i/
relatingto or usingmetaphors(=expressionsthatdescribeapersonorobjectby referring to something that isconsideredto havesimilarcharacteristics):
隐喻地
The phrase "bornagain" is used metaphorically tomeanthat someone hasacceptedJesusasGodandbecomeaChristian.“重生”这个短语被用来比喻某人已经接受耶稣为上帝并成为基督徒。
Byleavingschoolwithout anyqualifications, she has, metaphoricallyspeaking,shotherself in thefoot(=harmedherchancesofsuccess).她没有获得任何学历就离开了学校，用比喻的话来说，她这是“对着自己的脚开了一枪”（意为“破坏了自己成功的机会”）。
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  • I don'tknowif he'sspeakingmetaphorically orliterally.
  • Thenightsaredarkerhere. I don'tmeanthat metaphorically, I'mtalkingabout thequalityof thenight.
  • Shetellsthestoryof a woman who is metaphoricallyburiedalive- bymarriage, by the past.
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
  • mixyourmetaphorsidiom
  • mixed metaphor
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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(Definition ofmetaphoricallyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmetaphorically

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Moreover, human individuals and institutions "invest,"metaphorically, or even literally, in other individuals or institutions to enhance their own returns.
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We thusmetaphoricallyrefer to this kind of movement as 'agnostic' movement.
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In principle, this applies to all specialist terms, including those which become de-terminologized by being usedmetaphoricallyor less precisely in standard usage.
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Metaphorically, there is no transportation of properties across the (sortal) gulf that separates the two domains.
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They appear to believe they are speaking scientifically, notmetaphorically, and that their words have some natural meaning that does not require explanation.
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Yet, the final phrase may only refermetaphoricallyto the bullying character of the asylum's punitive measures.
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A number of cases are reasonably describedmetaphoricallyas the reading of a virtual document, differing in the kind of document envisaged.
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We can think of backlashmetaphoricallyas a bungee cord that snaps when stretched too far.
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Incense is the resin or sap or,metaphorically, the "blood" of trees.
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At the same time silence wasmetaphoricallyconflated with chastity and speech with wantonness.
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Snowprints for flute, cello, piano, electronics and video explores snow bothmetaphoricallyand sonically.
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Pitting tradition against progress, the difference in their approaches to aging aremetaphoricallymapped through their ensuing literary disagreement.
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Its shape (both literally andmetaphorically) has varied, and continues to vary, through time.
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These facts alone allow the term "selection" to be appliedmetaphoricallyto the operant case.
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Their shows have also, literally andmetaphorically, always indicated the labour of production and the cost of such dreaming.
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