figurative /ˈfɪɡərətɪv/ TEM8

• 1. 

  ADJ If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one. 比喻的

  例：

  ...an event that will change your route – in both the literal and figurative sense.

  …一件将改变你路线的大事–既在原义上也在喻义上。

• 2. 

  figuratively ADV 比喻地

  例：

  I saw that she was, both literally and figuratively, up against a wall.

  我都看到她，既是事实上也是比喻地，面临一道墙。

• 3. 

  ADJ Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way. 形象 (艺术)

  例：

  His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.

  他的艺术生涯跨越了大约五十个年头，抽象和形象油画两者都有所造诣。