literally

英 ['lɪtərəli] 美 ['lɪtərəli]

• adv. 逐字地；按照字面上地；不夸张地；正确地；简直

双解释义

adv. (副词)

1. 逐字地;照字面地

   so as to give a single word in place of each original word;according to the words and not the intention

2. 确实地,真正地

   in a literal sense;really

英英释义

Adverb:

1. in a literal sense;

   "literally translated"
   "he said so literally"
   

2. (intensifier before a figurative expression) without exaggeration;

   "our eyes were literally pinned to TV during the Gulf War"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He translated this article literally.
   他一字一句地翻译这篇文章。
2. Don't read the report literally now, just skim through it.
   现在，不要逐字读报告，大致地看一下就可以了。
3. Idioms usually cannot be translated literally in another language.
   成语通常不能照字面译成另一种语言。
4. He literally flew into the room.
   他简直是飞也似地跑进了房间。
5. I literally jumped out of my skin.
   我简直给吓了一大跳。

常见句型

用作副词 (adv.)

1. He translated the passage literally.
   他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
2. I took what he said literally, but afterwards it became clear that he really meant something else.
   我原先相信他表面上所说的话,但后来才弄清楚,他实际上另有所指。
3. The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people around the world.
   全世界确实有几十亿人观看了那次奥林匹克运动会。
4. She was literally blue with cold.
   她真的冷得全身青紫。
5. He was literally blazing with anger.
   他简直怒火冲天。

经典引文

• Others repeat only what they hear from others as literally as their parts or zeal will permit.

  出自： Steele

• A tone expressing that these words signified..about one hundred times the amount of meaning they conveyed literally.

  出自： T. Hardy

• He had only two pounds in his pocketsnot literally in his pocket because..they had been taken away from him.

  出自： G. Greene

• Though Tennyson's Enoch Arden was not literally inspired by her, yet he was staying with some friends of her great uncle's when it was published.

  出自： J. B. Morton

• Literally hundreds of men were always pestering her to marry them.

  出自： K. Amis

• He literally had to move heaven and earth to arrive at this systematic understanding.

  出自： R. M. Pirsig

词汇搭配

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• translate literally 直译

近反义词

【近义词】

• actually
• exactly
• really
• simply

【反义词】

• loosely