But is that literally true? Kenneth Libbrecht says it depends on what kind you're talking about, but if you mean the classic, complex six-sided version, the answer is yes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

But Skinner doesn't literally mean that when we talk to ourselves somebody gives us food pellets.

但斯金纳并不是在说,当我们自言自语时,会有人给我们食物小丸吃。

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When you say, "what do you say", you don't mean literally "what have you said", "what do you speak".

当你说，“what do you say”的时候，你并不是像字面意思那样要询问“你说了什么”，“你在说什么”，

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I mean I have seen guys literally go completely insane,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Well, you don't literally mean that somebody rewarded you, like gave you pellets and stuff.

你并不是想说某人会奖励你，比如给你点吃的或是奖品。

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It's going to let us bury away the specifics of something, and treat that computation like a black box. And by black box, I mean, literally behaves like a mysterious little black box.

通过抽象我们可以将一些细节,掩埋起来并将这一段计算当成黑盒,说到黑盒我的意思就是,字面上的像一个神秘的小黑盒。

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And when we talk about transformation, actually mean it quite literally-- changing of the form, changing of the brain as we'll talk about.

当我们谈到转变时，实际上是非常字面的说法-,形态的改变，大脑的改变，我们一会就谈到。

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The Greek word for this is, Apoikia, and most literally it would mean a home away, an away home and that's what they're making.

古希腊语称之为Apoikia,字面上的意思就是远方的家园,也就是他们正在建立的殖民地

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Use it often. Remember that "what do you say" does not mean literally "what do you say".

尽量多多使用这个句型。记住， “what do you say”并不表示字面的意思。

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And all we mean by constructive interference is that literally those two waves add together, such as the maxima are now twice as high, and the minima are now twice as low.

相干相长，相干相长也就是,说两个波加在一起，所以最大值变成2倍那么高，最低值变成2倍那么低。

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And so when the personality theorist says the key to personal identity is the same personality. They don't mean literally the very same set of believes and desires.

所以当人格论专家说道,人格同一性的关键在于,同样的人格时，他们指的不是,一成不变的一系列信仰和渴望。

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And, I mean literally, mass, not mole number.

我想罗嗦一下，质量，而不是摩尔数。

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He doesn't literally mean even that when we talk to ourselves somebody pats us on the head " and says, "Good man. Perfect. I'm very proud."

他更不是在说,当我们自言自语时,会有人拍拍我们的头,说“做的好，非常棒，我为你自豪“

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So I don't just mean it metaphorically, I also very often mean it literally.

所以我不只是在打比方，我也经常指的是字面意义。

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I don't mean literally.

这不是字面意思的变化。

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