形容詞 literary:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of literature
2. knowledgeable about literature
3. appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

1. Ba jin is a literary giant.
   巴金是一位文壇巨匠。
2. He used to be a literary agent.
   他曾是一位著作經紀人。
3. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
   狄更斯的《雙城記》是文學名著。
4. I don't like to read his literary criticism.
   我不喜歡讀他的文學批評。
5. He is endowed with literary talent.
   他有文學天分。
6. French writer and leader in the revival of Provenal as a literary language. He shared the 1904 Nobel Prize for literature.
   米斯特拉爾，弗雷德里克1830－1914法國作家及復興普羅旺斯語為文學語言運動的領導人，1904年與他人分享諾貝爾文學獎
7. British essayist noted for his trenchant literary criticism. His works include The Characters of Shakespeare's Plays(1817).
   哈茲利特，威廉1778－1830因犀利的文學批評而聞名的英國散文家，他的作品包括莎士比亞戲劇中的人物(1817年)
8. He had a literary taste and was well read in science.
   他有文學愛好，也熟諳科學。

lit.er.ar.y

adj.Abbr. lit.（形容詞）縮寫 lit.
Of, relating to, or dealing with literature:
文字的：屬于、論及文學的或與之有關的：
例句：
literary criticism.
文學批評

Of or relating to writers or the profession of literature:
文學的：與作家或文字職業(yè)有關的：
例句：
literary circles.
文學圈

Versed in or fond of literature or learning.
精通文學的，愛好文學的，博學的

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
文雅的：適于文學而不是日常語言或寫作的
Bookish; pedantic.
書生氣的；迂腐的

來源：
Latin litter3rius [of reading and writing]
拉丁語 litter3rius [續(xù)寫的]
from littera [letter] * see letter
源自 littera [字母] *參見 letter

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lit.erar.ily
lit.erar.iness
n.（名詞）