adj.比喻的；象征的

The word here is used in its figurative sense. 此詞在這兒取的是它的比喻意義。

He imprisoned her,in a figurative sense. 在比喻的意義上,他把她關(guān)在牢里了。

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. 很久以來人們認(rèn)為這種說法不但是真實(shí)的而且還有比喻的含義，因?yàn)闁|方一直被認(rèn)為是智慧和啟蒙的發(fā)源地。

Baptism is a figurative ceremony. 受洗禮是象征的禮節(jié)。

Work in recent years has taken the form of large-scale figurative, ceramic sculptures. 最近幾年的創(chuàng)作主要是體形大且具象征性的陶瓷作品。