figurative

1. 比喻的;借喻的
If you use a word or expression in a figurative sense, you use it with a more abstract or imaginative meaning than its ordinary literal one.

e.g. ...an event that will change your route — in both the literal and figurative sense.
一个无论从字面还是比喻意义上来说都将改变你的路线的事件

2. (艺术风格)具象的，写实的
Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.

figurative什么意思

e.g. His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.
他的职业生涯延续了大约50年，作品既有抽象画也有写实画。

1. 比喻：在使用语言表达意义时,人们往往不可避免地要涉及语言的字面(literal)用法和比喻(figurative)用法. 前者指语言表义是直接的直言;后者则是间接的比喻性的. 中国人很早就认识到了这一点,先秦时期就有譬与直言、譬喻与直告之说①.

2. 象征的：如(一)马铃薯、种子或基因同时是直接的(literal)和象徵的(figurative)(p41),理论上如何可能?→(二)科学技术相互指涉所建构的真实:「简单说,科技即是关於世界性的、物质化的、能指与所指的权力. 」(p43)-透过权威性的实践与论述所进行的互动回应.

3. 造型的：abstract 抽象派 | figurative 造型的 | brush 画笔