literally

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literally
/`lɪtәrәlɪ/
adv.
In a strict or literal sense. 照字义;逐字地。
- He translated the passage literally. 他逐字直译这一段。
Really; actually. 实在地;真正地。
- This is literally the worst movie I have seen. 这确实是我看过的最难看的电影。
Virtually. 几乎。
- 英语>简体中文, 美语词典
literally
/ˈlɪtərəlɪ/
adv.
1. [translate, understand +] 照字面地;按原义地
(without exaggeration) 不夸张地
- We've had literally thousands of letters. 毫不夸张地说, 我们收到了上千封来信。
- I literally crawled to the car. 毫不夸张地说, 我是爬到车子那儿的。
- A stanza is, literally, a room. 节的字面意思是房间。
2. (absolutely) 简直
- We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up. 我们要使经济处于控制之中, 否则它真的会把我们搞垮的。
- It was literally impossible to find a seat. 简直不可能找到座位。
3. take sth literally
[+ word, phrase] 按照原义理解
- If you tell a person to 'step on it' or 'throw on your coat,' they may take you literally, with disastrous consequences. 如果你告诉一个人“踩上去”或者“把你的外衣扔上去”, 他们可能会按照字面意义理解你的意思, 从而产生灾难性后果。
- She sometimes takes literally such phrases as 'I nearly died of fright'. 她有时候按照原义理解诸如“我几乎吓死了”那样的短语。
[+ statement, story, instructions] 按照字面意义理解
- a man who took his instructions literally 按照字面意义理解他的指示的人
- The Bible's creation story is not to be taken literally. 《圣经》中的创世故事是不能按照字面意义理解的。
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉大词典
literally
/ˈlɪtərəlɪ/
adv.
真正地,确实地;按字面,字面上
照字面意义,逐字地
- 英语>简体中文, 高中课标词汇
literally
adv. 照字面意义,逐字地
【根】liter=letter(文字)
【根】-ly 从古英语lic=like而来的字根,大多接于形容词之后
- 英语>简体中文, 英文字根词典
literally
adv.(副词)
1. In a literal manner; word for word: 照字面地,逐字地:
- translated the Greek passage literally. 逐字翻译希腊文章
2. Abbr. lit.In a literal or strict sense: 缩写 lit.完全地,认真的:在确切或严格的意义上:
- Don't take my remarks literally. 别把我的话当真
3. Usage Problem 【用法疑难】
4. Really; actually: 真实地;确切地:
- “There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water”(&b{Craig Claiborne}) “世界上确实有不知道该怎么烧水的人”(克雷格·克莱本)
5. Used as an intensive before a figurative expression. 在修饰语前表强调

用法:
1. For more than a hundred years, critics have remarked on the incoherency of using literally in a way that suggests the exact opposite of its primary sense of “in a manner that accords with the literal sense of the words.”In 1926, for example, H.W. Fowler cited the example
数百年来,批评家们一直在讨论 literally 的一种用法的不连续性, 这一用法使其具有与主要意义“和字面意思相吻合地”正好相反的含义。例如,在1926年,H.W.福勒援引了这样一个例子
“The 300, 000 Unionists . . . will be literally thrown to the wolves.” “这三十万联邦主义上者……确实会被扔进狼群中”。
2. The practice does not stem from a change in the meaning of literally itself—if it did, the word would long since have come to mean “virtually” or “figuratively”—but from a natural tendency to use the word as a general intensive meaning “without exaggeration, ”as in They had literally no help from the government on the project, where no contrast with the figurative sense of the words is intended.This looser use of the word literally does not usually create problems, but it can lead to an inadvertently comic effect when the word is used together with an idiomatic expression that has its source in a frozen figure of speech, such as in I literally died laughing. 这一用法并不根源于 literally 本身意义的演变——如果是这样的话, 这个词早就会有“几乎”或“比喻地”的意思——而是来源于把这个词用作一个一般的加强词表示“毫不夸张”这样一个自然趋势,正如在 事实上他们没有获得政府对这一计划的帮助 中, 并没有与句子的喻意形成任何对比。 literally 的这一不精确的用法通常并不会产生什么问题, 但当它与一个源于固定修饰的俗语连用时,会偶尔产生喜剧性效果,如 我真的笑死了
- 英语>简体中文, 美国传统词典
literally
adv. 字面上,简直
- 英语>简体中文, 英汉化学大词典
literally
adv.
逐字地; 照字面地
- He translated the passage literally. 他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
确实地, 真正地
- She was literally blue with cold. 她真的冷得全身青紫。
- 英语>简体中文, 简明英汉词典
literally1
adv.
照字义, 逐字地
真正, 完全
差不多, 简直
- The children were literally starving. 孩子们的确是在挨饿。
- The city was literally destroyed. 城市差不多全毁了。
英语>简体中文, 现代英汉综合大辞典
literally
/ˈlɪtərəlɪ/
1. 副词 You can use literally to emphasize an exaggeration. Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect. 真地 [强调]
- We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up. 我们必须控制住经济,否则它真地就会把我们困住。
2. 副词 You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. 确实地 [强调]
- Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people. 上演一台话剧是一项巨大的事业,它确实要几百个人参与。
3. 副词 If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. 字面上地
- The word "volk" translates literally as "folk." “”这个词照字面意思翻译为“”。
英语>简体中文, 高级英汉双解词典