英语释义

1. according with the letter of the scriptures
adheres to a literal reading of the passage

2. adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression actual
liberty in the literal sense is impossible
— B. N. Cardozo

3. free from exaggeration or embellishment
the literal truth

4. characterized by a concern mainly with facts
a very literal man

5. of, relating to, or expressed in letters
The distress signal SOS has no literal meaning.

6. reproduced word for word exact, verbatim
a literal translation

7. a small error usually of a single letter (as in writing)

8. involving the ordinary or usual meaning of a word

9. giving the meaning of each individual word

10. completely true and accurate not exaggerated

11. following the ordinary or usual meaning of the words
I'm using the word in its literal, not figurative, sense.

12. true to fact
She gave a literal account of what she saw.

片语

literal translation[计] 直译，直译法；逐字翻译

precision精密的，精确的

英汉例句

• Translation literality phrase alignment probability and length difference from target language phrase to source language phrase are employed to score for extracted equivalences.

  使用译文直译率、短语对齐概率和目标语-来源语言短语长度差异等特征对自动获取的等价对进行评价。

• The one view sees both accounts as being the same with regard to their literality and purpose, with both intending to show the proper ordering and sequence of the creation.

  一个观点认为两个记载就他们的文学性和目的来看，是同一个记载，都是为了显示创造的适当秩序和顺序。

相似词

documentary纪录电影（或电视、广播）节目

factual事实的；真实的

hard努力的；硬的；困难的；辛苦的；确实的；严厉的；猛烈的；冷酷无情的

historical历史的；史学的；基于史实的

objective客观的；客观存在的；（疾病癥状）客观的，他觉的；目标的；宾格的

truead 真实地；準确地

相反词

fictional虚构的；小说的

fictitious虚构的；假想的；编造的；假装的

unhistorical非历史的