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
• a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  Synonym:fableparableapologue
• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
  Synonym:emblem

双语例句

• This painting is an allegory of the struggle between good and evil.
  这是一幅讲述善与恶斗争的寓意画。
• It's an allegory precisely cleverly introduced by language about the inefficacy of speech.
  这是一种对话语无效性的讽喻，被语言以准确聪明的方式呈现出来。
• Hand in Glove& An Allegory for Structuralism
  《手套中的手》&一则结构主义的寓言
• 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。
• 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 poem's comic allegory was transparent.
  该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
• 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。
• Differing from the symbolism technique often used in western poetry," bi-xing "and allegory are more regularly used in classical Chinese poetry.
  与西方经常使用象征手法不同，中国在古典诗歌中多用比兴和讽喻。
• 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。
• He delighted in allegory, and in the elaborate sentiments of courtly love.
  他喜欢寓言，喜欢宫廷爱情的细腻情调。