figurative

• adj.比喩的に；豊かに修飾する；多くを描写する

比喩的、隠喩的から。

figurative (adj.)

late 14c., "emblematical," from Old French figuratif "metaphorical," from Late Latin figurativus "figurative" (of speech), from figurat-, past participle stem of Latin figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Of speech, language, etc., "allegorical, metaphoric, involving figures of speech," from late 14c. Related: Figuratively.

1. He imprisoned her，in a figurative sense.

比喩的な意味で、彼は彼女を牢屋に閉じ込めた。

2.His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.

彼のキャリアは約50年続き、作品には抽象画も写実画もある。

3.Here the word is used in a figurative sense.

ここでは、この文字は比喩的な意味で使用されています。

4.This figurative habit of his mind crippled his judgement.

彼の思想上のこのような嗜好比喩の習慣は、彼の判断能力を弱めた。

5.The word here is used in its figurative sense.

この語はここではその比喩的な意味を取っている。