adj.比喻的；象征的
用作形容词 (adj.) The word here is used in its figurative sense.
此词在这儿取的是它的比喻意义。
This has long been taken not only literally, but also in a figurative sense, for the Orient has been considered as the source of wisdom and illumination.
很久以来人们认为这种说法不但是真实的而且还有比喻的含义，因为东方一直被认为是智慧和启蒙的发源地。
Baptism is a figurative ceremony.
受洗礼是象征的礼节。
Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures.
最近几年的创作主要是体形大且具象征性的陶瓷作品。
From a cave in southwestern Germany, archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known piece of figurative art.
在德国西南部的一个山洞里，考古学家们发现了一件年代久远的象征艺术作品。
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