literally 考研雅思GMAT

It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.

对个词的理解是按面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下和习惯。

She was literally blue with cold.

她真的冷得全身青紫。

The sentence cannot be literally rendered.

这个句子不能直译。

The children were literally starving.

孩子们的确是在挨饿。

He translated the passage literally.

他句翻译这段。

The signing in Moscow's Kremlin on the night of August 23-24 of the Nazi-Communist "NonAggression" Pact was a diplomatic demarche literally world-shattering.

8月23-24日夜在克里姆林宫，《苏德互不侵犯条约》的签署是个令世界为之震惊的外交方针。

There’s no way we can even think about going on holiday this year, as we are literally living from hand to mouth.

今年我们根本就不可能指望去度假，我们现在简直是吃。

17 sometimes are used to prove that God literally created the entire universe in six days and that, scripturally-speaking, a pre-Adamite creation is impossible.

17有时被引用来证明上帝六日内创造整个宇宙，所以圣经说，亚当之前的创造是不可能的。

LORI WALLACH: Basically, NAFTA on steroids with six more countries. That model has a core of rules that literally promote, incentivize shipping jobs away.

基本上，北美自由贸易协定的类固醇与六个国家。这种模式的核心规则，实际上促进，激励航运工作岗位消失。