Tom's interpretation of the music was rather too
literal.
汤姆演奏的音乐未免太乏味了。
Eric was saying no more than the
literal truth.
埃里克说的全是不折不扣的事实。
The
literal meaning of the word 'home' is a place where one lives."
"‘家’这个词的字面意义是一个人居住的地方。"
She took his statement
literally and assumed he was leaving town that instant."
"她把他的陈述理解得非常字面化，以为他马上就要离开城镇了。"
The poem's beauty lies in its figurative language, not in
literal descriptions."
"这首诗的美在于其比喻语言，而非字面描述。"
He was so hungry he could eat a horse, or at least that's how he felt
literally."
"他饿得能吃下一匹马，至少他是这么感觉的，虽然这是夸张的说法。"
The phrase 'raining cats and dogs' is not meant to be taken
literally; it just means heavy rain."
"‘猫狗大雨倾盆’这个短语并不是要按字面意思理解；它只是用来形容雨下得很大。"
In programming, a
literal is a value presented directly in the source code, like the number 42."
"在编程中，字面量是直接在源代码中呈现的值，比如数字42。"
The teacher explained that the story should be interpreted symbolically rather than
literally."
"老师解释说这个故事应该象征性地理解，而不是按字面意思去理解。"
The instruction manual must be translated
literally to avoid any misunderstanding in usage."
"使用说明书必须逐字逐句翻译，以避免在使用过程中产生任何误解。"
Her response was so
literal that she missed the joke entirely."
"她的回答太过字面化，以至于完全没听出笑话的意思。"
The phrase 'break a leg' is often used in theater as a way to wish someone good luck, but it's not meant to be taken
literally."
"在戏剧界常用‘break a leg’这句话来祝福某人好运，但这显然不是要你按字面意思去折断腿。"
Bilibili, a leading video platform popular among China's younger generation, announced on Monday the phrase of the year on its site to be "Po Fang Le", or "this broke down my defenses" in literal translation.
受中国年轻一代欢迎的领先视频平台哔哩哔哩周一在其网站上宣布，今年的短语是“Po Fang Le”，直译为“这打破了我的防御”。
Likewise, mountaineers do the same, though their summits are literal.
登山者也是如此，尽管他们的顶峰是字面意义上的。
"In 2018, we proposed the concept 'to survive', or to keep vigilant, but today 'to survive' has become literal", said Vanke Chairman Yu Liang at an online press conference Tuesday night.
在周二晚上的线上新闻发布会上，万科集团董事会主席郁亮表示：“2018年我们提出了‘活下去’的概念，或者说保持警惕，但如今‘活下去’已经变成了字面意义上的现实。”
After all, names can be persuasive and consumers could assume names have literal meanings.
"Names can be persuasive and consumers assume names have literal meanings," he said.
The company's name change from 58 Express to Kuaigou (Fast Dog in literal translation) Hailing in August was a highly controversial topic both online and offline.
After more than two months at a literal standstill, Shanghai is seeing new residential projects being launched at an accelerated pace, and a rising volume of high-end residential properties are traded, indicating the housing market is bouncing back.
The literal cosmic scale of livestreaming marks Tencent's ambitions for Channels, which has been an overlooked player in the white-hot short video rivalry dominated by Douyin and Kuaishou.