allegory是什么意思？

allegory

英[ˈæləgəri] 美[ˈæləgɔri]

• n. 寓言；

复数：allegories;

副词：allegorically;

形容词：allegorical;

例句

• the poet's use of allegory 诗人的讽喻手法
• 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。
• 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。
• The poem's comic allegory was transparent. 该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  寓言；讽喻
  An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
  例句
  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
  Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.
  例句
  The poem's comic allegory was transparent. 该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
  3. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor