• n. 寓言

詞根alle, 同al, 異，其它，見(jiàn)else. -egor, 同agora, 廣場(chǎng)。原指在公共演講時(shí)的一種諷喻性修辭手法，引申詞義寓言，諷喻。

allegory

allegory: [14] Etymologically, allegory means ‘speaking otherwise’. It comes from a Greek compound based on allos ‘other’ (which is related to Latin alius, as in English alibi and alias, and to English else) and agoreúein ‘speak publicly’ (derived from agorá ‘(place of) assembly’, which is the source of English agoraphobia and is related to gregarious). Greek allēgorein ‘speak figuratively’ produced the noun allēgorīā, which passed into English via Latin and French.
=> aggregate, agoraphobia, alias, alibi, else, gregarious

allegory (n.)

late 14c., from Old French allegorie (12c.), from Latin allegoria, from Greek allegoria "figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another," literally "a speaking about something else," from allos "another, different" (see alias (adv.)) + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly" (see agora).

1. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest.

這部劇被廣泛解讀為對(duì)帝國(guó)主義征服的諷喻。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.

該詩(shī)的喜劇諷喻法是顯而易見(jiàn)的。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. the poet's use of allegory

詩(shī)人的諷喻手法

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.

這本書(shū)是對(duì)拉丁美洲歷史的一種諷喻。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. The play can be read as allegory.

這個(gè)劇本可作為寓言閱讀。

來(lái)自辭典例句