allegory
n. 寓言
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.
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。
Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.
The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
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
This allegory story pattern makes Xu Dishan's works have a strong thought metaphor, readability and philosophy.
这种寓言性的故事模式使得许地山的作品有着很强的思想隐喻性 、 可读性和哲理性.
Son of man, set forth an allegory and tell the house of Israel a parable.
人子阿,你要向以色列家出谜语, 设比喻.
Chinese allegory originates from ancient times, enjoys a long history and prominently in Chinese classical literature.
中国古代寓言历史悠久源远流长, 在古典文学中具有突出地位.
How does allegory function in Courbet's Modernism?
寓言如何在库尔贝的现代主义中起作用?
This famous allegory, taken from the Republic, depicts the struggle to reach the realm of ideas.
这个著名的寓言选自《国家篇》, 描述了达到理念王国的艰辛历程.