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

• 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。
• 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 poem's comic allegory was transparent.
  该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It should be read as an allegory.
  应该把它当作寓言来读。