1ADV [ADVERB before verb] [ADVERB adjective]简直(一些用词谨慎者认为此用法不正确) You can use literally to emphasize a statement. Some careful speakers of English think that this use is incorrect. 简直(一些用词谨慎者认为此用法不正确) [emphasis]
We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up.
我们必须设法控制经济,不然它非把我们吞噬了不可。
The views are literally breath-taking.
景色美得简直让人窒息。
2ADV [ADVERB before verb]确实地;真正地;不加夸张地 You use literally to emphasize that what you are saying is true, even though it seems exaggerated or surprising. 确实地;真正地;不加夸张地 [emphasis]
Putting on an opera is a tremendous enterprise involving literally hundreds of people.
上演一台歌剧是一项浩大的工程,说要涉及数以百计的人真是一点都不夸张。
I literally crawled to the car.
我真的是爬到车那边去的。
3ADV [ADVERB with verb]照字面地;直(译)地 If a word or expression is translated literally, its most simple or basic meaning is translated. 照字面地;直(译)地