The timing was off , it turned out, and the metaphorical pot was in the wrong place.

Hold this bowl for a moment , please; also metaphorically: A crazy idea took hold of him.

拿着这只碗一会儿; 他手里拿着一本书.

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.

What is terrifying is the risk of humiliation, of metaphorically falling flat on one's face.

人们怕的是丢脸的风险, 就好像摔个嘴啃泥那样脸面尽失.

But now businesses are being urged to keep metaphorically clean, too.

但现在企业还必须保持隐喻意义上的卫生.

She expressed herself metaphorically.

她隐讳地表达了自己的感情.

It may be easy to discover visual metaphors for physical objects like printers and documents.

也许寻找物理对象,如打印机和文档这样的视觉隐喻不是件难事.

The idea that metaphors are a firm foundation for user-interface design is misleading.

隐喻是用户界面设计的坚实基础,这种观念是一种误导.

These two metaphors are mismached.

这两个比喻放在一起很不相配.

Don't use lame metaphors; software is neither art nor brick building.

别用蹩脚的比喻; 软件即不是艺术,也不是砖墙.

Try to illustrate as many metaphors and icon concepts as possible.

尝试说明许多隐喻和图标的概念成为可能.

Yet, we still use the same old metaphors and retrieval models to manage our data.

但是, 我们仍然使用相同的隐喻和检索模型管理我们的数据.

He got confused among the metaphors.

这些比喻把他搞糊涂了.

Metaphysic is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.

形而上学是我们为相信直觉而找到的坏理由.

These are typical metaphysical questions: What is mind?

下面这些是典型的形而上学问题: 精神是什么?

That most exact and convincing of all sciences, mathematics, is sheerly metaphysical.

科学中最谨严而令人信服的一门, 数学, 就是纯粹形而上学的.

Metaphysical inquiry came out of physical fact.

哲学上的玄想出自实际情况.

It is wrong to approach a problem from a metaphysical point of view.

用形而上学的观点来看待问题是错误的.

The seeds of change-subtle, metaphysical-are rooted deeply.

变化的种子 -- 微妙的 、 无形的 -- 深深地扎下根.

It's wrong to approach a problem from a metaphysical point of view.

用形而上学的观点看待问题是错误的.

In this way, it has a transcendent harmony and metaphysical nature.

这样, 和合便具有一种超越性和形上性.