關於Figurative的意思和用法的提問

A: During rush hour, Shibuya station is a battlefield, figuratively speaking.
Here I'm using the word 'battlefield' in a figurative sense.
It's not the literal meaning; it's a figurative meaning.
It's just a figure of speech.

A: Figurative- "you said something rude. I was saying it figuratively" as in it wasn't serious or a real scenario.

A: Metaphor 是一種Figurative Language.

我覺得你的意思是"simile 和 metaphor 有什麼區別?


這兩個都用語言形容東西。

Simile經常用英文的"like"或者"as". 比如: He is as big as an elephant. 他很像大象一樣大!

當然他真的不像大象一樣大， 就是figurative. 這種句子是simile.

其他的例子是: It's like there is a sea of people here! (中文的: 這裡是人山人海的!)

我這兩個例子都用"like"或者"as".


Metaphore有別的用法。 沒有"like"和"as".

比如說: Basketball is my best friend. 籃球是我最好的朋友

雖然我是說: “籃球”是我最好的朋友， 其實我的意思就是: 我最喜歡打籃球.


明白嗎?