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 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。
• Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
  用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。
• 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。
• Cultural Identity from Conflict to Hybridism to Exchange& A Symbolic Allegory about The White Castle
  从冲突到混杂再到互换的文化身份&论《白色城堡》的象征性文化寓意
• The play can be read as allegory.
  这个剧本可作为寓言阅读。
• The whole allegory is a consistent attack on morality and respectability.
  整个寓言是对道德和有地位的人的有力抨击。
• 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。
• Hand in Glove& An Allegory for Structuralism
  《手套中的手》&一则结构主义的寓言
• 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。
• 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。