单词 | literally |
释义 | literallyWord family nounliteralismliteralistliteralityliteralizerliteralnessadjectiveliteralisticliteraladverbliteralisticallyliterallyverbliteralize lit·e·ral·ly /ˈlɪtərəli/ ●●○ S3 adverbadv 1 EXACTaccording to the most basic or original meaning of a word or expression 按照原义,根据字面意思 The name of the cheese is Dolcelatte, literally meaning ‘sweet milk’. 这种奶酪名叫Dolcelatte,字面意思是 “甜牛奶” 。 I said I felt like quitting, but I didn’t mean it literally (=I did not mean exactly what I said)! 我是说我不想干了,但并不是真的不干了! 2 take somebody/something literally EXACTto believe exactly what someone or something says rather than trying to understand their general meaning 仅仅从字面上理解某人/某事物 She takes the Bible literally. 她是从字面上去理解《圣经》的。 Examples from the Corpus take somebody/something literally• A lot of what they said on the tapes was damaging if you took it literally. 3 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize that something, especially a large number, is actually true 的确,确实〔用于加强语气,尤指数目庞大〕 The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people. 奥运会确确实实有几十亿人观看。 4 spokenVERY used to emphasize a strong expression or word that is not being used in its real or original meaning. Some people consider this use to be incorrect 简直〔用于加强本已强烈的语气;有些人认为这种用法不正确〕 Dad was literally blazing with anger. 爸爸简直是火冒三丈。 Examples from the Corpus literally• They reached the summit together hand in hand, quite literally.• She sinks into a depressed condition in which she can literally but not cognitively see.• Solarization is another technique that can be used during summer to literally cook the pests.• Disease is literally dis-ease, a state of disharmony and imbalance on one or other, or more, of these levels.• It was, literally, going places.• The Boeing 247 a conventional plane which literally landed, was introduced in 1934.• The word "polygraph" literally means "many writings."• Jan and I have literally nothing in common.• Sunnyvale uses literally thousands of measures.• Literally thousands of people lost their life savings in the market crash. mean ... literally• I don't mean that literally.• There is every reason to think that he meant this quite literally.• When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral, I mean that quite literally.• It was clear that he meant this literally and also as: to rape a white girl is to rape her father.• And many were surprised that I meant it literally and applied it across-the-board.• This means literally washing a wall with light.• He meant literally what he said. |
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