literally

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  • adv.字面上；按字面；确实地
  • Web逐字地；简直；照字面意义

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literally
adv.
1.
按字面；字面上in a literal way
The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.
planet 一词字面上的意思是 wandering body。
When I told you to ‘get lost’ I didn't expect to be taken literally .
我叫你“滚开”，并没让你按字面意思来理解呀。
2.
（强调事实可能令人惊讶）真正地，确实地used to emphasize the truth of sth that may seem surprising
There are literally hundreds of prizes to win.
可赢取的奖品真的有好几百份。
3.
(informal)
（用于加强语气，虽然并非词语的字面意义）简直used to emphasize a word or phrase, even if it is not actually true in a literal sense
I literally jumped out of my skin.
我简直给吓了一大跳。

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AllAll,字面上字面上,按字面按字面,确实地确实地,逐字地逐字地,简直简直,照字面意义照字面意义
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1.
Putting on some sexy music, getting the lighting right and starting out with a massage will get her to loosen up literally and figuratively.
播放一些性感音乐，散发着合适的光线，说一些性爱的话语，会使她身心放松。
bō fàng yì xiē xìng gǎn yīn yuè , sàn fā zhe hé shì de guāng xiàn , shuō yì xiē xìng ài de huà yǔ , huì shǐ tā shēn xīn fàng sōng 。
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2.
But with this opening of what had been a mostly closed system, possibilities emerge, literally without limit.
但是随着曾经闭合的系统逐渐开放，其发展潜力也慢慢浮现，或者可以说是潜力无限。
dàn shì suí zhe céng jīng bì hé de xì tǒng zhú jiàn kāi fàng , qí fā zhǎn qián lì yě màn màn fú xiàn , huò zhě kě yǐ shuō shì qián lì wú xiàn 。
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3.
Sherpur itself is often jokingly referred to as "Char-pur, " which literally means "City of Loot. "
而舍尔普人常常开玩笑的把自己称为“Char-pur”，拆开的意思就是“掠夺之城”。
ér shě ěr pǔ rén cháng cháng kāi wán xiào de bǎ zì jǐ chēng wéi " Char-pur " , chāi kāi de yì si jiù shì " lüè duó zhī chéng " 。
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4.
As a result, when Edward ordered the guards, he was thrown out of the castle, and Tom literally found himself in the prince's shoes.
结果，当爱德华命令侍卫时，他却被扔出了宫外，而汤姆则发现自己成了如假包换的王子。
jié guǒ , dāng ài dé huá mìng lìng shì wèi shí , tā què bèi rēng chū le gōng wài , ér tāng mǔ zé fā xiàn zì jǐ chéng le rú jiǎ bāo huàn de wáng zǐ 。
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5.
Taken literally, this would seem to be an empty statement, one which gives us no information.
从字面上理解，这似乎是一个空的声明，这将给我们带来任何信息。
cóng zì miàn shàng lǐ jiě , zhè sì hū shì yī gè kōng de shēng míng , zhè jiāng gěi wǒ men dài lái rèn hé xìn xī 。
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If we were to literally copy the form of an average address book, our icon would look more like a regular book, or a plain notebook.
如果我们从字面上复制平均地址簿的形式，我们的图标看起来更像是一个普通的书，或一个普通的笔记本电脑。
rú guǒ wǒ men cóng zì miàn shàng fù zhì píng jūn dì zhǐ bù de xíng shì , wǒ men de tú biāo kàn qǐ lái gèng xiàng shì yī gè pǔ tōng de shū , huò yī gè pǔ tōng de bǐ jì běn diàn nǎo 。
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A Nymex security official was 'literally standing, holding his hands up in a calming gesture.
纽约商交所一位安全官员径直站着，举手做着要求镇静的姿势。
niǔ yuē shāng jiāo suǒ yī wèi ān quán guān yuán jìng zhí zhàn zhe , jǔ shǒu zuò zhe yāo qiú zhèn jìng de zī shì 。
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Jokingly he said if I skated alone, I might bump into him again and literally break the ice.
他开玩笑地说，假如我一个人溜，我可能会再撞到他，并真的『破冰』了。
tā kāi wán xiào de shuō , jiǎ rú wǒ yī gè rén liū , wǒ kě néng huì zài zhuàng dào tā , bìng zhēn de 『 pò bīng 』 le 。
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But he did not mean literally to see with your eyes.
但是这里的“看见”不是字面的意思。
dàn shì zhè lǐ de " kàn jiàn " bú shì zì miàn de yì si 。
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10.
"We've had the best weekend in literally a year-and-a-half to two years, " he added.
“可以说，在一年半至两年内，这个周末的销售最好，”他补充道。
" kě yǐ shuō , zài yī nián半zhì liǎng nián nèi , zhè ge zhōu mò de xiāo shòu zuì hǎo , " tā bǔ chōng dào 。
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