literal

literal
adjective

taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory
字面的
dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread.
真的很可怕，可怕极了。
■free from exaggeration or distortion
如实的，不夸张的
you shouldn't take this as a literal record of events.
你不该把它当成对事情的如实记录。
■(informal)absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately chosen to convey one's feelings)
(非正式)［引出表达强烈感情的特殊用语］完全的，简直就是的
fifteen years of literal hell.
简直就像地狱般的15年。
(of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text
逐字（翻译）的，直译的
■(of a visual representation) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or impressionistic
（图像）细致临摹的，写实的
(亦作 literal-minded)(of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic
（人，表现）没有想象力的，平庸的
of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet
（用）字母（表示）的
literal mnemonics.
字母助记法。

noun

派生
literality
noun
literalize
verb

literalness
noun
语源

late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin litteralis, from Latin littera (see letter)

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