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| /ˈlɪt(ə)rəli/ |
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| 1 | used for showing that what you are saying is really true and not just an impressive way of describing something 确实地；真正地；不加夸张地 |
| Now there are literally thousands of companies using our software. 如今确切地说有数千家公司在应用我们的软件。 |
| | 1a | used when you are describing something in an extreme way that cannot be true （用于夸张地描述某事物）简直 | | When I told him the news he literally exploded. 我们告诉他这个消息时他简直是大发雷霆。 | |
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| 2 | in the most basic , obvious meanings of the words that are used 照字面意思地 |
| There’ s an Italian dessert called tiramisu, which literally means ‘pull me up’ . 有一种意大利甜点叫做提拉米苏，其字面含义是“训斥我”。 |
| take (=understand) sth literally Children take things literally when they hear them from a teacher. 孩子们按字面意义去理解老师所讲授的东西。 |
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| 3 | if you translate something literally , you translate each word separately in a way that does not sound natural （翻译）逐字地，照着原文地 |
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