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

• 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。
• The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
  该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• So they would say, oh it's just& it's an allegory.
  然后他们就会说，这只是一种寓言。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are many passages in the Old and New Testaments which it is simply impossible to understand without allegory.
  有很多通道，在新旧约，它是根本不可能的理解没有寓言。