adv. 形象地,比喻地
网络 象征性地; 比喻性; 象征地
I saw that she was, both literally and figuratively, up against a wall.
我都看到她,既是事实上也是比喻地,面临一道墙。
She is, figuratively speaking, holding a gun to his head.
打个比方说,她正拿枪对着他的脑袋。
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。
Well, figuratively speaking.
呃,我打个比方。