literally 考研雅思GMAT

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

对一个词理解是按字面意思还是隐喻意思要视乎下和习惯。

She was literally blue with cold.

她真冷得全身青紫。

The sentence cannot be literally rendered.

这个句子不能直译。

The children were literally starving.

孩子们确是在挨饿。

He translated the passage literally.

他逐字逐句地翻译这段字。

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》署是一个令世界为之震惊外交方针。

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

今年我们就不可能指望去度假，我们现在简直是挣一天吃一天。

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有时被引用来证明帝六日内创造整个宇宙，所以圣经说，亚当之前创造是不可能。

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，北美自由贸易协定类固醇与六个国家。这种模式核心规则，实际促进，激励航运工作岗位消失。