metaphorically

1. ADJ-GRADED 隐喻的;比喻意义的;象征的
   You use the word metaphorical to indicate that you are not using words with their ordinary meaning, but are describing something by means of an image or symbol.
   1. It turns out Levy is talking in metaphorical terms...
      利维原来说的是一种比喻。
   2. The ship may be heading for the metaphorical rocks unless a buyer can be found.
      除非可以找到买家，否则这条船也许就像朝着岩石撞过去一样下场悲惨。

1. This idiom is used metaphorically to indicate the flawless handling of things.
   “天衣无缝”这个成语用来比喻处理事情十分周密，不露一点痕迹。
2. It's not surprising that teams attempted this style of development because, metaphorically, it matches how design works in more traditional engineering.
   团队想使用这种风格进行开发并不奇怪，因为这更符合设计在传统工程中的工作方式。
3. We understand the future belongs to those who can metaphorically surf.
   我们懂得未来将属于那些能够冲浪的人。
4. Like idioms, its very important to see metaphors in context, so read some business articles and highlight all the words and phrases associated to growth that are used metaphorically.
   就像习语，在文章中看到隐喻很重要，因此读一些商业文章和突出所有被用于隐喻同成长有关的单词和词组。
5. And you thought I was speaking metaphorically.
   你认为我是在打比喻。
6. This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way. ( mostly in an exaggerated and impartical manner).
   这个成语比喻后来使用描述了一个生动雄辩谈话。（绝大多数都是一种夸张和给予态度）。
7. Some researchers say they have that objective, but maybe they are using the phrase metaphorically.
   但是他们可能是使用这个措辞来作一种比喻。
8. Hold this bowl for a moment, please; also metaphorically: A crazy idea took hold of him.
   拿着这只碗一会儿；他手里拿着一本书。
9. I'm merely speaking metaphorically.
   我这只是一种比喻的说法罢了。
10. I was young and so my publisher sent a PR lady to hold my hand ( metaphorically).
    那时的我还很年轻，因此我的出版商派了一名公关小姐来牵住我的手（此处是比喻的说法）、给我引引路。
11. Yet the danger is that it may become ( metaphorically, not literally) self-fulfilling.
    然而，风险是或许成为（隐喻的，而非书面上的）自我满足。
12. By leaving school without any qualifications, she has, metaphorically speaking, shot herself in the foot.
    她没获得证书就离开了学校，这无异于朝自己脚上开枪，使自己寸步难行。
13. Minor league teams play, metaphorically, "out in the bushes" away from big cities.
    而小球联的队则在大城市外面的灌木丛生的地方打球，当然这只是个比喻。
14. Exchange thoughts; talk with; we often talk business; also used metaphorically.
    交换意见；和某人谈话；我们经常就生意上的事情进行交谈；也用于比喻。
15. We have understood this in purely linguistic terms as language but we can I think metaphorically speaking understand it now as well as a kind of speech.
    从纯语言学角度讲，这就被称之为语言，但我想，打个比喻，我们还可以在此将其理解一种话语。
16. It's not really music, but I've just metaphorically linearized an energy that is always around me, which is the composite of God, and called it music.
    这不是真的音乐，我刚才只是线性比喻始终在我身边的能量，那是神的综合，并被称为音乐。
17. What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation, of metaphorically falling flat on one's face.
    人们怕的是丢脸的风险，就好像摔个嘴啃泥那样脸面尽失。
18. This suit was lighter, both physically and metaphorically, than others I could have chosen.
    无论在重量上还是在感觉上，这套西装比我可以选择的其它西装都要更轻一些。
19. He was not speaking entirely metaphorically.
    他说得并不拐弯抹角。
20. An grand and imposing entrance ( often extended metaphorically).
    一个非常豪华和壮丽的入口（多用于隐喻义）。
21. To stumble when walking, often used metaphorically to mean to make a serious mistake or fall into perdition.
    行走时不小心跌倒。比喻人堕落或犯严重错误。
22. Put something on the road that metaphorically we can all follow.
    把这个东西放在路上，我们都能够追随。
23. Structural metaphors imply how one concept is metaphorically structuring one concept in terms of another.
    结构隐喻意味着一个概念是以另一个概念隐喻为基础而构建隐喻的。
24. Occupy a place or location, also metaphorically.
    占领一个地方或者位置，比喻性的。
25. An avid mountaineer, Mr Wang is no stranger to scaling great heights, literally or metaphorically.
    作为一个热切的登山者，王石对攀登超凡高度并不陌生，不管是从字面上还是从隐喻意义上来说，都是如此。
26. This is our most basic performance of a point, is also often used metaphorically.
    这是我们最能基本表现的一个点，现亦常用于比喻。
27. Make dirty or spotty; also used metaphorically.
    变灰暗或有斑点；也用作隐喻性的。
28. But Nietzsche was speaking metaphorically about evolving as a species.
    但是那是尼采对进化种类的一种暗喻。
29. But now businesses are being urged to keep metaphorically clean, too.
    但现在企业还必须保持隐喻意义上的卫生。
30. Therefore, absorbing foreign culture is metaphorically a process of taking a bite, chewing and ingesting.
    打个比喻，吸取外国文化是一个入口、咀嚼和消化的过程。

adv

1. in a metaphorical manner
   1. she expressed herself metaphorically