metaphorically

One of the best ways to escape the constraints of your own logical mind is to think metaphorically.

逃避约束自己的逻辑思维最好的方法之一，是隐喻的思考。

In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought" .

在许多语言里，食物通常被用来做隐语或比喻，例如“foodforthought（令人深思的事情）”。

The psyche is often depicted metaphorically as an image, and this image can be further represented as whole or split.

心灵往往比喻地被描述为一种意象。这个意象更进一步被代表为整体或是分裂。

Finally, while a dangling lure is optional, being hungry, Dr. Wilson says, at least metaphorically, "probably helps quite a bit. "

最后，虽然悬挂的诱饵可有可无，威尔逊说，但至少是从喻义上来说，饥饿状态“可能会很有帮助。”

It was as if he had to labour, and metaphorically sweat, before his genius could, or was allowed to, emerge.

似如在他的天赋可能显露或被接受前，他必须劳动，付出汗水。

This idiom is used metaphorically to mean to be in a helpless and critical situation, surrounded by the enemy on all sides.

“四面楚歌”这个成语用来比喻处在一种无助危险的形势下，周围都是敌人。

I knew I wasn't alone. We were all in bed together, metaphorically speaking, my breast, my chest, Ramona's gift and me.

我知道我不再孤单，乳房、胸膛、拉蒙娜的礼物，还有我，我们一起躺在这张床上。

Avoid chugging it (metaphorically) in one fell swoop; instead, appreciate every moment that leads up to your first clitoral kiss.

一定要避免用力的戳碰。享受每一分钟会增强第一次阴蒂之吻的快感。

The essence of metaphor is thought, and language is the surface realization of thinking metaphorically .

思考是譬喻的本质，语文是譬喻思考的「表象」。

Some others participating referred to themselves metaphorically as Martin Luther King Jr. 's children.

到会的有些人也称自己是马丁·路德·金的孩子。

This time they came into our house -- literally Obama's home, and metaphorically the seat of American power.

这次他们打到了我们的家里——严格说是奥巴马的家里，即美国权力宝座的象征。

Major-league teams play in ballparks ; minor league teams play, metaphorically, "out in the bushes" away from big cities.

大球联的队在棒球场里打球，而小球联的队则在大城市外面的“灌木丛生的地方”打球，当然这只是个比喻。

One element appears in Wang Fenghua's work is a refraction of how the architectural buildings and squares meant in his heart metaphorically.

王风华的架上作品中常出现的元素之一，是折射出他在心境上隐喻性的建筑物与方格。

This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way. (mostly in an exaggerated and impractical manner).

这个成语后来比喻说话有声有色，非常动听。（多指夸大的或不切实际的讲话）

armed with death, went about on her pale horse, metaphorically speaking, with 'hell following after.

用比喻的说法，就是带上死亡，骑上灰马，身后跟着魔鬼出发了。

Structural metaphors imply how one concept is metaphorically structuring one concept in terms of another.

结构隐喻意味着一个概念是以另一个概念隐喻为基础而构建隐喻的。

Whether you take it literally or metaphorically, this tale was considered important enough to become holy writ.

不论你是以字面上地还是比喻地看待，这个故事的重要程度足以使之成为神圣的令状。

He's speaking metaphorically about how economic forces of the past, forgotten though they might be, continue to haunt the present.

他以借喻的方式说明，过去的经济力量，无论是否可能已经被遗忘，如何在今天继续阴魂不散。

It's good to keep on your toes. Metaphorically, that is. Not when you're actually out for a stroll.

踮着脚尖走路是好事，起码从比喻意义上来说是这样，可真要出去散步就并非如此了。

This idiom was later used metaphorically to describe talking in a vivid and eloquent way. (mostly in an exaggerated and impartical manner).

这个成语比喻后来使用描述了一个生动雄辩谈话。（绝大多数都是一种夸张和给予态度）。