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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

          • 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。
          • It should be read as an allegory.
            应该把它当作寓言来读。
          • Now this is an allegory, these women are two covenants.
            这都是比方,那两个妇人就是两个约。
          • The play can be read as allegory.
            这个剧本可作为寓言阅读。
          • 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。
          • 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。
          • In 1991, he made Raise the Red Lantern, an anti-autocratic allegory in which an ( unseen) master controls the lives of his four unfortunate wives.
            1991年,他拍摄了一部反专制的故事片《大红灯笼高高挂》,片中(未露面的)老爷一手操纵着四个不幸老婆的生活。
          • The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and published in February, 1678.
            《天路历程》是英国基督教作家、布道家约翰·班扬的著作,于1678年2月出版,是一首基督教的寓言诗。
          • 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。
          • Peach Blossom-like Face is an allegory which has pronounced symbolized color.
            《人面桃花》是一部寓言,具有浓重的象征意味。