take somebody/something literallyEXACTto believe exactly what someone or something says rather than trying to understand their general meaning 仅仅从字面上理解某人/某事物 She takes the Bible literally. 她是从字面上去理解《圣经》的。
take somebody/something literally• A lot of what they said on the tapes was damaging if you took it literally.
→ take somebody/something literally at literally(1)