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(jīng)紀(jì)人。
3. Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities is a literary classic.
   狄更斯的《雙城記》是文學(xué)名著。
4. I don't like to read his literary criticism.
   我不喜歡讀他的文學(xué)批評(píng)。
5. He is endowed with literary talent.
   他有文學(xué)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(guó)作家及復(fù)興普羅旺斯語(yǔ)為文學(xué)語(yǔ)言運(yùn)動(dòng)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人，1904年與他人分享諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)
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(xué)批評(píng)而聞名的英國(guó)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(xué)愛(ài)好，也熟諳科學(xué)。

lit.er.ar.y

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

Of or relating to writers or the profession of literature:
文學(xué)的：與作家或文字職業(yè)有關(guān)的：
例句：
literary circles.
文學(xué)圈

Versed in or fond of literature or learning.
精通文學(xué)的，愛(ài)好文學(xué)的，博學(xué)的

Appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing.
文雅的：適于文學(xué)而不是日常語(yǔ)言或?qū)懽鞯?/br>Bookish; pedantic.
書(shū)生氣的；迂腐的

來(lái)源：
Latin litter3rius [of reading and writing]
拉丁語(yǔ) litter3rius [續(xù)寫(xiě)的]
from littera [letter] * see letter
源自 littera [字母] *參見(jiàn) letter

【引伸】
lit.erar.ily
lit.erar.iness
n.（名詞）