figurative

１．今日の単語は figurative です。まずは例文から意味を予想しましょう。

How figurative language confuses chatbots – Computer scientists recently examined the performance of dialog systems, such as personal assistants and chatbots designed to interact with humans. The team found that when these systems are confronted with dialog that includes idioms or similes, their performance drops to between 10 and 20 percent. The research team also developed a partial remedy. They wrote a simple script that identifies figurative phrases and replaces those with their literal meaning. As a result, the performance of dialog systems improved by up to 15 percent. (from Tech Xplore)

AIによるお問い合わせチャットボックスはどこでも見かけるようになりましたね。どんなことに気を付けて会話を書き込むといいでしょうか。

Avoid ‘complex language’ and stereotypes to make exams accessible, says draft guidance – Ofqual launches consultation on draft accessibility guidance for exam boards -Exams should not include complex language if the task only aims to assess basic numerical skills. Also, boards should use straightforward language, for example “with” rather than “in conjunction with”.　Unless needed, boards should avoid uncommon words with unusual or irregular spellings, or words that have more than one meaning, like “draw”, “present” or “sound”.“　Figurative language, including colloquialisms, idioms, metaphors and sarcasm” should also be avoided, the guidance reads. (from Schools Week)

試験問題はよりわかりやすく。idiom まで使わないようになると、英語学習者には朗報なのか。。。移民が多い国はいろいろ気を付けることが多いようです。

Of course, she was using the term “massacre” in the figurative sense.

こういう理由を付け加えておかないと誤解されることって多いですね。特に最近は。。。

His career spanned some 50 years and encompassed both abstract and figurative painting.

具象絵画と言うらしいです。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典にある説明を確認しておきましょう。

(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect:

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.

Figurative art is a style of art in which people and things are shown in a realistic way.

比喩の、比喩的な、比喩を含む◆象徴的な何かを表現するために使われる形容詞。

◆【反】literal

具象表現した

今日の単語は

figurative 比喩的な

でした

4か月前の単語は gingerly そろりと　https://himekurieitango.gingerly