MY词语>英语词典>allegory翻译和用法

allegory

英 [ˈæləɡəri]

美 [ˈæləɡɔːri]

n.  寓言; 讽喻; 寓言体; 讽喻法

复数:allegories 

TOEFLGRETEM8

BNC.16676 / COCA.13663

牛津词典

    noun

    • 寓言;讽喻;寓言体;讽喻法
      a story, play, picture, etc. in which each character or event is a symbol representing an idea or a quality, such as truth, evil, death, etc.; the use of such symbols
      1. a political allegory
        政治讽喻
      2. the poet's use of allegory
        诗人的讽喻手法

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 寓言;讽喻
      Anallegoryis a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
      1. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
        这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。
    • N-UNCOUNT 寓言体;讽喻法
      Allegoryis the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.
      1. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
        该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。

    英英释义

    noun

    • an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
      1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
          Synonym:fableparableapologue
        1. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
            Synonym:emblem

          双语例句

          • They wanted our seal to be an allegory representing the destiny of the new nation.
            他们想要把我们的国玺作为代表这个新国家命运的一个象征。
          • This famous allegory, taken from the Republic, depicts the struggle to reach the realm of ideas.
            这个著名的寓言选自《国家篇》,描述了达到理念王国的艰辛历程。
          • Instead of focusing on traditional themes like mythology and allegory, he modeled the human body with realism and celebrated individual character and physicality. This was the key to his success and few other artists can rival him.
            神话、寓言等传统主题不再是他作品的焦点,相反,他以现实中的人为模型,赞颂人的身体和精神。罗丹因此获得成功,成为无人能敌的艺术家。
          • The contrast in their personalities reminded me of the biblical allegory of Cain and Abel.
            二人性格的反差让我想起来《圣经》里该隐和亚伯的寓言。
          • International relations is just an allegory for human relations.
            国际关系不过是对人与人间关系的隐喻。
          • It should be read as an allegory.
            应该把它当作寓言来读。
          • So they would say, oh it's just& it's an allegory.
            然后他们就会说,这只是一种寓言。
          • He believes that Yuanhe style should include allegory poem by Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi.
            张文认为“元和体”应包括元白讽喻诗。
          • The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest
            这部剧被广泛解读为对帝国主义征服的讽喻。
          • Plato's allegory of the cave influenced western thinkers who believe that happiness is found by finding deeper meaning.
            柏拉图的洞穴寓言的影响谁西方思想家认为,幸福是发现了寻找更深的意义。