adage

英 [ˈædɪdʒ]

美 [ˈædɪdʒ]

n.  谚语; 格言

复数：adages　

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BNC.18586 / COCA.15783

牛津词典

noun

• 谚语；格言
  a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 谚语；格言
  Anadageis something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
  1. ...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'.
     那句古老的谚语，“每个婴儿生来就带着爱”

英英释义

noun

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  Synonym:proverbsawbyword

双语例句

• There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
  在这本关于愚人及其钱财的古老谚语中，蕴藏着很多真理。
• To paraphrase the adage: If you ca fish from someone, you'll eat for a day;
  概述某句格言：如果你从别人那里讨到一条鱼，那么你能吃上一天；
• There is a famous adage of China "distance produce beauty".
  中国有句名言“距离产生美”。
• This is a confusing adage.
  这是一句令人费解的格言。
• Remember the old adage: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
  记住这条古老的谚语：能够做并不意味着应该做。
• The old adage," Do what you love, the money will follow "is actually very good advice.
  俗话说：”做你想做的，钱就来了“，它的确一个非常好的建议。
• "Security through obscurity is no security at all." so the adage goes.
  “通过隐藏是根本没有安全可言的”格言上是这么说的。
• Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind.
  科学家已经证明，古老的谚语所说的，爱情是盲目的这一真理在一定程度上是正确的。
• She reminded me of the old adage: where there's love there's understanding.
  她使我想起了那句古老的格言：有爱就有谅解。
• The old adage by 17th century author John Donne that no one is an island still holds true today.
  17世纪作家约翰多恩的一句古老的格言没有人是座孤岛在今天仍然适用。