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

• The play can be read as allegory.
  这个剧本可作为寓言阅读。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Hand in Glove& An Allegory for Structuralism
  《手套中的手》&一则结构主义的寓言
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory.
  用寓言或者符号象征性的表示。