literally

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lit·e·ral·ly /ˈlɪtərəli/ S3 adverbadv

1 EXACTaccording to the most basic or original meaning of a word or expression 按照原义，根据字面意思

The name of the cheese is Dolcelatte, literally meaning ‘sweet milk’.

这种奶酪名叫Dolcelatte，字面意思是 “甜牛奶” 。

I said I felt like quitting, but I didn’t mean it literally (=I did not mean exactly what I said)!

我是说我不想干了，但并不是真的不干了！

2 take somebody/something literally EXACTto believe exactly what someone or something says rather than trying to understand their general meaning 仅仅从字面上理解某人/某事物

She takes the Bible literally.

她是从字面上去理解《圣经》的。

Examples from the Corpus

take somebody/something literally• A lot of what they said on the tapes was damaging if you took it literally.

3 EMPHASIZEused to emphasize that something, especially a large number, is actually true 的确，确实〔用于加强语气，尤指数目庞大〕

The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people.

奥运会确确实实有几十亿人观看。

4 spokenVERY used to emphasize a strong expression or word that is not being used in its real or original meaning. Some people consider this use to be incorrect 简直〔用于加强本已强烈的语气；有些人认为这种用法不正确〕

Dad was literally blazing with anger.

爸爸简直是火冒三丈。

Examples from the Corpus

literally• They reached the summit together hand in hand, quite literally.• She sinks into a depressed condition in which she can literally but not cognitively see.• Solarization is another technique that can be used during summer to literally cook the pests.• Disease is literally dis-ease, a state of disharmony and imbalance on one or other, or more, of these levels.• It was, literally, going places.• The Boeing 247 a conventional plane which literally landed, was introduced in 1934.• The word "polygraph" literally means "many writings."• Jan and I have literally nothing in common.• Sunnyvale uses literally thousands of measures.• Literally thousands of people lost their life savings in the market crash.

mean ... literally• I don't mean that literally.• There is every reason to think that he meant this quite literally.• When I say that I saw Karen at the funeral, I mean that quite literally.• It was clear that he meant this literally and also as: to rape a white girl is to rape her father.• And many were surprised that I meant it literally and applied it across-the-board.• This means literally washing a wall with light.• He meant literally what he said.

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