literal
US /ˈlɪtərəl/
・UK /ˈlɪtərəl/
B1 中級英檢高級
adj.形容詞如實的
The saying 'cart before the horse' is not meant to be literal
adj.形容詞文字
The literal meaning is easier to understand than the figurative meaning
adj.形容詞缺乏想像力的
He has a literal mind and cannot understand irony.
影片字幕
安德魯馬爾 2016/05/29 瓦魯法基斯、福克斯、布萊爾 (Andrew Marr 29/May/2016 Varoufakis, Fox, Blair)
- EU immigration is not controlled in a literal sense, nobody can control
歐盟移民並非在字面意義上受到控制，沒有人能控制
- But the EU immigration is uncontrolled in a literal sense.
政治驅動且最終災難性的系統的人都被證明
10 個必學英文片語：掌握 Rusty、Fit as a Fiddle、Spaced Out...等道地用語！（10 English Expressions: “Rusty”, “Fit as a Fiddle”, “Spaced Out”...）
- So, if you are "rusty", it means you have, like, rust on you, but obviously it's not literal.
所以，如果你是「rusty」，意思就是你身上有，像是，生鏽了。
- But obviously it's not literal.
但顯然這不是真的生鏽。
【聽Podcast學英文】澳洲計劃禁止兒童使用社交媒體B (Australia plans kids’ social media ban: BBC Learning English from the News)
- Yes, the idiom to spit out your dummy is not literal,
你能告訴我們更多嗎，菲爾？
- Yes, the idiom to spit out your dummy is not literal,
這是你放在他們嘴裡的東西，他們可以吮吸它來平靜下來。
驚人醫學真相：竟然有吸菸能「幫助治療」的疾病？（The ONE Disease That Smoking Can Help Treat）
- and that combined with the literal wounds in your gut can lead to anemia.
成人可能會體重減輕，但兒童甚至可能是以阻礙生長。
- and that combined with the literal wounds in your gut can lead to anemia.
加上腸道本身的潰瘍，可能會導致貧血。
為什麼美國非贏不可？揭秘中、美「重返月球」的野心（Why the U.S. wants to get to the moon before China）
- And here, it's not just the literal language like we're talking.
而在這裡，不只是像我們現在說話的字面上的語言。
- And here, it's not just the literal language like we're talking.
而中國，月球只是他們更宏大計畫的跳板。
BBC 英語教學：每天 7000 步，憂鬱症風險降低！ (7,000 steps can reduce risk of depression: BBC Learning English from the News)
- So that is the literal meaning of pinpoint, to precisely locate something physically.
這就是 "精確定位 "的字面意思，即精確地確定某物的物理位置。
- So that is the literal meaning of pinpoint, to precisely locate something physically.
我們經常聽到它與 "問題"、"指出問題 "結合在一起。
