symbolic reality

基本解释

First, reality is divided into three levels: ontological reality, sensory reality and symbolic reality.
首先将实在分为三个层次：本体实在，感知实在，符号实在。
The symbolic images link history and reality, time and space, and are significant in theme presenting and text constructing.
象征意象连接历史和现实、时间和空间，在表现主题和建构文本方面极富重要性。
The novel of Pearl is full of symbolism: brightness is symbolic of the reality, hope and future while darkness the evil, crime and despair.
光明预示社会现实，预示希望，而黑暗预示罪恶和精神上的绝望。

However, the figure is largely symbolic because in reality growth has typically been higher.
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Horn-honking had become a symbolic rite, evoking the function once filled, in the world of physical reality, by use of the brake pedal.
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符号实在
This inconsistency is reflected on the symbolic reality level, as it only occurs when humans try to use languages to record and explain what they sense.
这种不一致是符号实在层面的。