It is figuratively and literally otherworldly in its aims.
它的目的无论是从比喻还是从字面上理解，都是超凡脱俗的。
Dependence on long-distance trade also meant that the great empires of the Middle East were built both literally and figuratively on shifting sand.
对长途贸易的依赖也意味着，伟大的中东帝国无论是实际上还是象征意义上，都是建立在流沙之上的。
呃，我打个比方。
Myth is truthful, but figuratively so.
神话是真实的，但有着很多象征性。
Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。
The context shows that the words must be taken figuratively.
上下文显明了用语必须以比喻的方式出现。
I know I'll spend time in Tennessee and mend some fences, literally and figuratively.
我也会在家乡田纳西州修补一下篱笆——真实的和象征的篱笆。
So today's computer or smartphone is, figuratively, a United Nations assembly of parts.
所以现在的手机或电脑，可以形象地说，就是一个美国组装。
It's a word you use when you say something that shouldn't just be interpreted figuratively.
它只有在你说一些不能直接用比喻的口吻说出的事情时才会用到。
Someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath.
由于重大的成就而被授奖的人；比喻地说成是头上戴桂冠花圈的人。
In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".
在许多语言里，食物通常被用来做隐语或比喻，例如“foodforthought（令人深思的事情）”。
In many languages food is often used metaphorically or figuratively as in "food for thought".
在许多语言中食物是常用的比喻或比喻如“精神食粮”。
When you have a bitter taste in your mouth there is a sharp sensation that figuratively bites.
当您在口中尝到苦味的时候，您会有一种强烈的、类似于被叮咬了一口的感觉。
Mr Huckabee's weakness is the worry that he may be a lightweight figuratively as well as literally.
Huckabee先生的弱点在于对他可能是个思想深度不够的人-从比喻的意义或字面上来说都是这样-的担心。
warriorLet's face it: software testers are constantly in a state of warfare, figuratively speaking.
战士让我们来面对现实：打比方说，软件测试人员经常处于作战状态。
I wonder how many of us figuratively have Harry Potter story Outlines written on napkins in our lives.
我在想我们中有多少人有过像把哈利·波特的故事大纲写在餐巾上那样的经历。
Figuratively, one may imagine the radiation of such a spherical maser as resembling a little hedgehog.
可以很形象地把这种球状脉塞源的辐射想象为一个小刺猬球的样子。
Thinking about things now outgrown, whether literally or figuratively, you'll want to do a bit of purging.
现在过于成熟地思考，无论是字面上还是比喻意义上，你需要做一些清理。
"Galileo", says Hawking, "was the first scientist to start using his eyes, both figuratively and literally."
“伽利略”，霍金说，“是第一个科学家开始使用他的眼睛，这不仅和随便。”
More importantly, pointless graphics push the valuable details to the periphery - literally and figuratively.
更为重要的是，毫无方向感的图片会把有价值的细节推向无关紧要的地方—不仅图像上如此，文字亦然。
Curiosity: Creativity often comes from the drive to understand and take things apart, literally or figuratively.
好奇心：创意总是来自理解和对事件抽象或形象的分析。
This construct means that technology could be figuratively translated to mean “the field of knowledge about the art.”
这个结构意味着technology可以被象征性地翻译为“有关艺术的知识”。
Figuratively speaking, of course, those fathers having long been ground up and turned into so much cultural mulch.
形象地说，这些前辈们早已被碾碎然后与诸多文化的根源搅和在一起。
Figure 1 figuratively illustrates the sections and operating zones included in a single injector of the invention.
图1形象地说明了板块和经营区域包括在单一喷嘴发明的。
The two weeks of training consisted of Dennis and Eckhardt figuratively yelling "jump" and the Turtles responding, "How high?
在2周的培训中，丹尼斯和埃克哈特象征性地大喊“跳”，海龟们就会说：“跳多高？”
The music, an important factor of the augmented product level, accompanies all this as, figuratively speaking, acoustic furniture.
音乐是附加产品的很重要的因素。打个比方来说，就像是声音家具。
Pep up your old system: What if a potential buyer wants to figuratively kick the tires of your PC before plunking down cash for it?
激活旧系统：如果购买者想要在付钱之前确认电脑的运行情况，你要怎么办呢？
Pep up your old system: What if a potential buyer wants to figuratively kick the tires of your PC before plunking down cash for it?
激活旧系统：如果购买者想要在付钱之前确认电脑的运行情况，你要怎么办呢？
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