This topic can be literal, such as price updates on a particular stock, or figurative, such as events from the database.
这个主题可以是很明确的，比如某只股票的价格更新，也可以是比较宽泛的，比如来自数据库的事件。
The end, a brutal literal and figurative shattering of humanity, has served as the book's chief teaching point and mark of contention for half a century.
故事最后，人性经历了实质与象征性的破碎，成为本书的教学要点，也是长达半个世纪的争议之所在。
The usage of metaphor is in connection with the fundamental change of speech in the semantic field, which can make people realize the literal meaning of the speech and also its figurative meaning.
比喻用法涉及言语在语义场的根本变化，使人既能意识到言语的字面的意义，又能意识到它的比喻意义。
For these critics, tension implies the conflicts between a word's denotation and its connotation, between a literal detail and a figurative one, and between an abstract and a concrete detail.
对这些批评家而言，张力意为着一个词的外延与其内涵之间的冲突，字面意义与比喻意义之间的冲突，抽象与具体之间的冲突。
Usually, the first meaning for a word in a dictionary is its literal meaning. Figurative meaning shares some of the qualities of the literal meaning.
通常，字典中对一个词解释的第一个的意项就是它的字面意思。比喻意思往往具备字面意思的某些属性。
The end a brutal literal and figurative shattering of humanity has served as the book's chief teaching point and mark of contention for half a century.
故事最后，人性经历了实质与象征性的破碎，成为本书的教学要点，也是长达半个世纪的争议之所在。
Symbol: a symbol is a sign which suggests more than its literal meaning. In other words, a symbol is both literal and figurative.
象征：象征是指一种符号所指的意义超出了它的字面含义，换句话说，象征同时含有其字面意义和比喻义。
Compared with a simile, a metaphor is less literal and more figurative.
同明喻相比，暗喻不那么书面化而且更加形象化。
Figurative use of language is an important means to structure word meanings, but the simple distinction between literal-figurative meanings is rather general in understanding figurative USES.
语言的比喻性用法是构建词义的重要途径，但简单的字面义——比喻义的划分会使比喻性语言的理解过于笼统。
Supporters of the first view believe that the literal meanings of the constituents of an idiom have nothing to do with the figurative meaning of the idiom.
“可分解观”持有者则认为习语是可分解的，习语的各构成部分对习语的整体意义做出贡献。
Supporters of the first view believe that the literal meanings of the constituents of an idiom have nothing to do with the figurative meaning of the idiom.
“可分解观”持有者则认为习语是可分解的，习语的各构成部分对习语的整体意义做出贡献。
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