1 ADV [ADVERB before verb] [ADVERB adjective] 简直（一些用词谨慎者认为此用法不正确） You can use literally to emphasize a statement. Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect. 简直（一些用词谨慎者认为此用法不正确） [emphasis]
2 ADV [ADVERB before verb] 确实地；真正地；不加夸张地 You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. 确实地；真正地；不加夸张地 [emphasis]
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Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people.
上演一台歌剧是一项浩大的工程，说要涉及数以百计的人真是一点都不夸张。
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I literally crawled to the car.
我真的是爬到车那边去的。
3 ADV [ADVERB with verb] 照字面地；直（译）地 If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. 照字面地；直（译）地
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The word 'volk' translates literally as 'folk'.
volk这个单词直译过来为folk（人们）。
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A stanza is, literally, a room.
stanza（诗节）的原意为“房间”。
SYN exactly, really, closely, actually
4 PHRASE 照字面理解 If you take something literally, you think that a word or expression is being used with its most simple or basic meaning. 照字面理解
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If you tell a person to 'step on it' or 'throw on your coat,' they may take you literally, with disastrous consequences.
如果你告诉一个人step on it（“加速；加快”，字面意义“踩在上面”）或者throw on your coat（“赶快穿上外套”，字面意义“扔在你的外套上”），他们可能会按字面理解你的话，那就会引起灾难性的后果。
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