allegory
allegory 英 [ˈæləgəri] 美 [ˈæləgɔri]
n. 寓言
名词复数:allegories
- The figurative style known as allegory has nothing do with alligators — unless you're telling a story where alligators represent evil forces snapping at humanity.
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- n. 寓言
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1. The shift in values from mother to son can also be viewed as allegory for our own nation's continuing cultural shift.
从母亲到儿子的价值观转变也可以看成是有关我们民族持续的文化转变的一个寓言。
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2. This type of dark comedy was used as an allegory for unreasonablefear and how it costs lives and weakens the war effort.
这种黑色喜剧作为寓言来解释一种不合理的恐惧，如何付出生命并且消弱了战争的损失。
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3. Notice how this story has become an allegory for what's going on in the time of the writing of the piece itself.
注意这个故事是如何在写作时,逐渐成为一个讲述当时发生的事的寓言的。
- allegory (n.) "figurative treatment of an unmentioned subject under the guise of another similar to it in some way," 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" (from PIE root *al- (1) "beyond") + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly" (see agora). Related: Allegorist.
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