语言的字典含义或字面含义、说话者运用的规范都不是要表达的讯息。

The dictionary or surface meaning of the words or code used by the sender is not the message.

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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。

Mr Huckabee's weakness is the worry that he may be a lightweight figuratively as well as literally.

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"将"给力"一词的中文拼音与英语中形容词后缀结合起来，字面意为“真给劲”或“很酷”。

"Geilivable", combining pinyin of Chinese characters Geili (giving strength) with the English suffix for adjectives, literally means "giving power" or "cool".

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At least not if we try to take these claims fairly literally or take them to be metaphysical claims about the nature of death.

至少在我们从字面意义上,或从形而上学上解释死亡的本质时看不到。

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