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Allegorical Story 英 ˌælə'ɡɒrɪkl] 美 ˌælə'ɡɒrɪkl Adj.寓言的;寓意的;讽喻的 Historical Epitome

英语单词 allegorical
英美音标 英 [ˌælə'ɡɒrɪkl] 美 [ˌælə'ɡɒrɪkl]
中文释义 adj.寓言的;寓意的;讽喻的
英语例句 (1) Thus the allegorical story becomes a historical epitome of inter-racial and international conflicts.
(2) Bai Juy's allegorical poetry is a huge crystalline substance of ideology and art.
中文例句 (1) 这一故事具有寓言性,成为种族以及国家等冲突的历史缩影。
(2) 摘要白居易的讽喻诗是一个庞大的思想体系和艺术体系的结晶体。
vocabulary简明 The story about the dog who sees his reflection in a lake, thinks it's another dog, then drops his bone in the water trying to snatch the reflected bone, is allegorical. Allegorical means containing a moral or hidden meaning.
vocabulary扩展 Allegorical stories and plays use concrete ideas as symbols for deeper or layered meanings. Folk tales and fables are often allegorical. Visual art, like paintings, can also be allegorical, with religious or even political messages symbolized by painted figures. The Greek word for allegory, allegoria, comes from allos, "another," and agoreuein, "speak openly. So if you speak of one thing, but mean something else, that's allegorical.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]寓言的;寓意的 An allegorical story, poem, or painting uses allegory.
  • Every Russian knows the allegorical novel The Master And Margarita.

    每个俄罗斯人都知道这本寓言式小说,《大师和玛格丽特》。

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