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allegory

英 [ˈæləɡəri]

美 [ˈæləɡɔːri]

n.  寓言; 讽喻; 寓言体; 讽喻法

复数:allegories 

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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

          • 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。
          • As a master writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne takes allegory as a basic narrative form for his writing and focuses his theme on the exploration of human nature.
            纳撒尼尔·霍桑是美国经典作家,寓言体叙事是其作品中的基本叙事模式,对人性善恶的思考是其作品持久关注的主题。
          • 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。
          • Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
            用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • Hand in Glove& An Allegory for Structuralism
            《手套中的手》&一则结构主义的寓言
          • Allegory is a literary device by which another level of meaning is concealed within what is usually a story.
            寓言是一种文学体裁,通过它可以传达出另一层意思,在这种文学体裁中通常会是一个故事。
          • Even in the form of allegory, fiction had no place in New England.
            即使以寓言的形式写的小说在新英格兰也没有地位。