metaphorically [ˌmɛtəˈfɑrɪkəlɪ]

例句:

• But "black" is just as descriptive metaphorically.
  来自THETIMES
• You're speaking metaphorically, I hope.
  我希望你是在打比方。
  
• It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically.
  对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯.
  
• Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy.
  从比喻来讲,它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思.
  
• Burroughs meant it metaphorically; Pollan means it literally.
  来自NEWYORKER
• Darwin used metaphorically to describe natural selection.
  来自SA