as we learned in school, radio signals all travel at the speed of light, but this is literally true only in an absolute vacuum.
我们在学校里边知道了无线电信号都是以光速行进的,但是这句话只有在完全的真空中才是完全正确的。
it「s not literally true that you can」t solve this problem in other languages, of course.
当然,我说使用其他语言无法解决这个问题,这句话并不完全正确。
this was so literally true that the etymological meaning of client is 「one who listens to be called」 since cluere meant 「to listen.」
从词源上来看,说client是指「听从命令的人」準确无误,因为词源cluere就是「听」的意思。
you may say:”if one wants truth, why not go to the literally true book?
你或许会说:「如果一个人需要事实,他为什么不去看完完全全真实的书呢?
you may say:「if one wants truth, why not go to the literally true book?biography or documentary, these amazing accounts of amazing experiences which people have.」
你或许会说:“如果一个人需要事实,他为什么不去看完完全全真实的书呢?自传或者纪录片里都是些令人惊异的真人真事的描述。
nowhere was this more literally true than in virginia, where the operative metaphor actually was footwear.
没有比弗吉尼亚更文学的地方了,这场选举被隐喻为“靴子」。
it is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
帮助别人成功是你走向成功最佳最快的途径。
the concept of 「poetic truth」 appealed to her—the idea of something not literally true but nevertheless ideally true.
「诗的真」的观念召唤她——某些事物的观念不但要在表面上的是真实的,而且从理想方面也要真实。