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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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。

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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。

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See, I think what we're seeing is because - you know, we have the war in Iraq, which has now lasted longer than World War II - because of hurricane Katrina, it's becoming harder and harder for professional athletes to live in figurative and literal gated communities.

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The question at hand is: Will the Housewife keep the literal and figurative house?

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And I know 14-year-old boys, literal and figurative, are easily amused.

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