| 1. | This word should not be taken in its literal sense .
这个词不能按本义去理解。 |
| 2. | There had been a literal truth in his declaration .
从字面上看，他刚才说的话并不假。 |
| 3. | His interpretation of the music was rather too literal .
那音乐他演奏得未免太乏味了。 |
| 4. | In the literal sense of the word , i heard nothing .
我听实在是没有听到（但可能看到过）。 |
| 5. | No literal portrait would ever do her justice .
任何维妙维肖的画像决计画不出她那种神态来。 |
| 6. | The literal meaning of "geodesy" is "dividing the earth" .
“大地测量学”的字面意义是“划分地球”。 |
| 7. | He did not hesitate to subtract terms with literal coefficients .
他毫不迟疑地进行了文字系数项的相减。 |
| 8. | the not quite literal translation of this phrase is: that old trout .
这个词条大致上可以译为：那个老家伙。 |
| 9. | The smash-up of the drivers' world is expressed in images of literal violence .
戴弗夫妇世界的崩溃是通过一些具体的暴力现象来表现。 |
| 10. | St. john's eyes, though clear enough in a literal sense, in a figurative one were difficult to fathom .
圣约翰的眼睛，虽然就表面的意义来说，是够明净的，可是就比喻的意义来说，却是难以探测的。 |
