中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
1.文字的，文字上的。
2.字面上的，逐字逐句的。
3.没有夸张的，朴实的，原原本本的。
4.呆板的，平庸的，乏味的。
5.字母的，用字母代表的。
短语和例子
the literal arithmetic 代数学。 a literal translation 逐字逐句直译。 a literal interpretation 字面解释。 the literal truth 原原本本的实情。
n.
【印刷】错排，文字上的错误。 in the literal sense of the word 照字面的意思；实在，真正 (In the literal sense of the word, I heard nothing. 我听实在是没有听到〔但可能看到过〕)。
-ity 直译；实际；精确。
n.
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| limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text; "a literal translation"
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| without interpretation or embellishment; "a literal depiction of the scene before him"
| | avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis); "it''s the literal truth"
| | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
同义词：actual, genuine, real,
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| a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
同义词：misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error,
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例句与用法 | 1. | This word should not be taken in its literal sense .
这个词不能按本义去理解。
| | 2. | There had been a literal truth in his declaration .
从字面上看，他刚才说的话并不假。
| | 3. | His interpretation of the music was rather too literal .
那音乐他演奏得未免太乏味了。
| | 4. | In the literal sense of the word , i heard nothing .
我听实在是没有听到（但可能看到过）。
| | 5. | No literal portrait would ever do her justice .
任何维妙维肖的画像决计画不出她那种神态来。
| | 6. | The literal meaning of "geodesy" is "dividing the earth" .
“大地测量学”的字面意义是“划分地球”。
| | 7. | He did not hesitate to subtract terms with literal coefficients .
他毫不迟疑地进行了文字系数项的相减。
| | 8. | the not quite literal translation of this phrase is: that old trout .
这个词条大致上可以译为：那个老家伙。
| | 9. | The smash-up of the drivers' world is expressed in images of literal violence .
戴弗夫妇世界的崩溃是通过一些具体的暴力现象来表现。
| | 10. | St. john's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom .
圣约翰的眼睛，虽然就表面的意义来说，是够明净的，可是就比喻的意义来说，却是难以探测的。
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