metaphorical

metaphorical，英語單詞，主要用作形容詞，作形容詞時譯為“隱喻的，象徵的”。

基本介紹

• 外文名：metaphorical
• 詞性：形容詞
• 英式發音：[ˌmetəˈfɒrɪkl]
• 美式發音：[ˌmetəˈfɔːrɪkl]

單詞釋義

英 [ˌmetəˈfɒrɪk(ə)l] 美 [ˌmetəˈfɔːrɪk(ə)l]

adj. 隱喻的，象徵的

單詞用法

柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典

metaphorical /ˈmɛtəˌfɔːrɪkəl/

1.ADJ You use the word metaphorical to indicate that you are not using words with their ordinary meaning, but are describing something by means of an image or symbol. 比喻意義上的

2.metaphorically ADV 比喻意義上地

短語搭配

metaphorical concept 隱喻概念 ; 概念隱喻 ; 喻概念

metaphorical thinking 隱喻思維 ; 隱喻式思維

metaphorical extension 隱喻擴展 ; 隱喻延伸 ; 隱喻拓展 ; 隱喻性延展

metaphorical form 隱喻式

The metaphorical camellia 山茶說 ; 播放山茶說

metaphorical meaning 隱喻意義 ; 喻義 ; 隱含意義

metaphorical expression 隱喻表達式 ; 語言形式 ; 隱喻表達

metaphorical concept system 隱喻概念體系 ; 隱喻概念系統 ; 念系統

metaphorical code-switching 語碼轉換 ; 喻意型語碼轉換 ; 隱喻性語碼轉換

雙語例句

• They also availed themselves of other forms of expression with metaphorical meaning, some probably original, some derived from Toltec coinages. 它們還利用了其他具有隱喻意義的表達形式，有些可能是原創的，有些則源自托爾特克的新造詞。
• It turns out Levy is talking in metaphorical terms. 原來利維說的是比喻。
• Windows and doors have important metaphorical meanings. 窗戶和門有著重要的隱喻意義。
• When they come to other doors in life, be they real or metaphorical, they won't hesitate to open them and walk through. 當他們遇到生活中的其他門時，或真實或隱喻，他們將毫不猶豫地打開門，走過去。
• What if later in life they come to a metaphorical door, like an opportunity of some sort, and instead of opening the door and taking the opportunity, they just stare at it and wonder, "What if it isn't a door?" 要是他們將來在生活中遇到一扇隱喻的門，比如某個機會的到來，會怎么樣呢？他們是不是不會打開門並抓住機會，而是凝視著它，想知道“假如它不是一扇門，將會怎么樣？”
• The code name for the new launch was Phoenix, kind of funny when you think of the metaphorical bird rising from the ashes. 新發射的代號是鳳凰號，當你想到從灰燼中升起的象徵意義的鳥時，你會覺得這個代號有點有趣。
• Turner spoke of it in metaphorical terms. 特納用隱喻的辭彙談到它。
• The metaphorical puddle goes on; it swamps us. 這股滿載隱喻的信息流還在蔓延，它淹沒了我們。
• Are they metaphorical (Mary floated across the floor.) 他們是隱喻么？(瑪麗在地板上漂浮。)
• People write out plenty of metaphorical cheques, whether blank or bouncing. 人們開出大量或空白或巨額的隱喻性支票。
• Tell us the story of a street, path, road-real or imagined or metaphorical. 告訴我們一個街道、公路或鄉間小道的故事，無論是真實的、想像的。
• Then try it by making as many verbs as possible metaphorical (embedded metaphors). 最後，試著儘可能的把動詞變作有隱喻的(嵌入式的隱喻)。
• Real or metaphorical, mountains are for climbing, and you simply have to reach the top. 無論學術研究還是現實生活，都有巍峨的高山需要攀登，我們唯一要做的就是達到頂峰。
• In a metaphorical sense, different functions of the brain take place in different rooms. 它暗示著，不同的大腦區域分管不同的功能。
• He now has three metaphorical gold MEDALS to add to his chestful of real military gongs. 現在在他的行軍箱裡又多了3枚金質獎章。
• But actually, it's not only the pockets that are metaphorical. The money is also metaphorical. 但實際上，帶有比喻意思的並不只有口袋而已，我們這裡說的金錢通常也是比喻性質的。
• These physics concepts will be used in ways both scientifically rigorous and purely metaphorical. 這些物理學概念的套用可以在科學上很嚴謹，也可以是完全的比喻義。
• At first he was using metaphorical language, telling me how a full bucket cannot take any more water. 開始他說話比較隱晦委婉，告訴我滿的水桶不能再裝更多的水。
• Others blame deluges of a more metaphorical kind: floods of capital from abroad or floods of lending at home. 有人則用“大洪水”暗指一些其他的因素：國外資金和國內借貸的大量湧現。
• Let fear provide the energy and motivation to do what needs to be done to ensure your (metaphorical) survival. 讓恐懼提供給你勇氣和動力吧，讓你真正知道你需要去做什麼來更好的生存！
• In a metaphorical way with high scientific technologies, a city is compared to a living being consisting of body and soul. 館內通過高科技的手法，以隱喻的形式，表明城市如同一個生命活體，具備生命的結構和靈魂。
• The class spent 15 minutes teasing out the metaphorical meaning of a line about "places with no carpet on the floor." 為了弄清“沒鋪地毯的地方”一句里的隱義，整堂課光討論就花去了15分鐘。
• The bigger the block, the more time that task will take (and the more metaphorical space it will require in your box). 積木越大，意味著這個任務占用的時間越多，(同時在你的盒子裡占用的空間也越大)。
• I hope that the title caught your attention and that you'll read my thoughts about metaphorical banks and the good life. 我希望這個題目能抓住你的眼球，讓你可以了解我所說的人生寶藏。
• I know I'm a boy and I don't really have a biological clock, but I have a metaphorical biological clock and that's close enough. 我知道我是一個男孩，我不可能擁有生理時鐘，但是我有一個足夠親密的隱藏著的生物鐘。