figurative

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adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
figured：華麗的；有形狀的；用圖畫(huà)表現(xiàn)的；有圖案的。
figural：借喻的；具有人的形象的；比喻的。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
figure：數(shù)字；人物；圖形；價(jià)格；（人的）體形；畫(huà)像。
figuration：成形；外形；定形；比喻表達(dá)法；圖案裝飾法。
v性質(zhì)的同根詞
figured：以圖畫(huà)或圖表描繪；設(shè)想（figure的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞）。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
figure：計(jì)算；出現(xiàn)；扮演角色。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
figure：計(jì)算；認(rèn)為；描繪；象征。

He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意義上,他把她關(guān)在牢里了.
His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
他的職業(yè)生涯延續(xù)了大約50年，作品既有抽象畫(huà)也有寫(xiě)實(shí)畫(huà)。
Here the word is used in a figurative sense.
這里該字是在比喻的意義上使用的.
His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
他的職業(yè)生涯延續(xù)了大約50年，作品既有抽象畫(huà)也有寫(xiě)實(shí)畫(huà)。
He imprisoned her, in a figurative sense.
在比喻的意義上,他把她關(guān)在牢里了.

(LANGUAGE) (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect
(ART) (of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.
figuratively
Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.