记忆方法
将“figurative”分解为“figure”和“-ative”。想象一个“figure”演员在舞台上表演（figure表示形象、角色），他的表演带有“-ative”特质，即充满象征性或比喻性的，因此“figurative”意味着形象的或比喻的。
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中文词源
figurative 比喻的
来自figure, 比喻。
英语词源
- figurative (adj.)
- late 14c., "emblematical," from Old French figuratif "metaphorical," from Late Latin figurativus "figurative" (of speech), from figurat-, past participle stem of Latin figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Of speech, language, etc., "allegorical, metaphoric, involving figures of speech," from late 14c. Related: Figuratively.
权威例句
- 1. He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense.
- 在比喻的意义上,他把她关在牢里了.
- 2. His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
- 他的职业生涯延续了大约50年，作品既有抽象画也有写实画。
- 3. Here the word is used in a figurative sense.
- 这里该字是在比喻的意义上使用的.
- 4. This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgement.
- 他思想上的这种爱好比喻的习惯,削弱了他的判断能力.
- 5. The word here is used in its figurative sense.
- 此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义.