It is not aesthetic memory. Involuntary memory is a memory about emotional impression and atmosphere of the mind. It is figurative a...

非自主记忆则是关于感性印象、心境氛围的记忆，它是形象性、情感性的因而也就是审美性的记忆。

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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。

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Now a merely figurative expression, the phrase is based on an actual practice of North American Indians.

这是个形象化的表达，这个俗语是建立在北美印地安人的实际做法上的。

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I speak in a figurative way about the relationship between the earth and the sky, and I believe that there's a sky god.

我用一种修辞法,来说天地关系，我相信有一个天神。

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Milton lends a special horror, I think, to this image of a blind Fury, and I hope you will agree with those critics -- I didn't make this up - who find embedded in these lines something like a figurative intimation of castration.

弥尔顿给这个暴怒形象添加了特殊的恐怖色彩，我希望你们同意--这不是我编造的,-有评论家发现这几句字里行间,在暗喻阉割。

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Instead, this year, his management team took a figurative bow, in the form of a 38% pay cut.

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However, if Redmond plays dumb or comes up empty handed, a figurative tail will find its way between the company's legs and a handful of dirty looks and I-told-you-so's are likely to ensue.

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Mrs Albright gave her embattled ally a figurative slap on the back, praising Japan for its loyalty and bravery.

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