adage
英 [ˈædɪdʒ]
美 [ˈædɪdʒ]
n. 谚语; 格言
复数：adages
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.- ...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”
- ...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'.
英英释义
noun
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
双语例句
- 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。 - There is a famous adage of China "distance produce beauty".
中国有句名言“距离产生美”。 - An ancient Western adage necessity is the mother of invention is appropriate here.
有一句古老的西方谚语是这样说的：需求是创新之母，这句话很适合用在这里。 - There is an adage in public health: The road to inaction is paved with research papers.
公共卫生领域有一条格言：通往无所作为的道路上铺满了研究报告。 - China has an adage," eat one's corn in the blade", those who say is this meaning.
中国有句老话，“寅吃卯粮”，说的正是这个意思。 - "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。 - I don't know who "they" are, or how much truth there is to this old adage, but there are three steps to implementing a Servlet filter.
我不知道“他们”指的是谁，或者这句古老的谚语究竟有多真实，但是实现一个Servlet过滤器的确要经历三个步骤。 - 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。 - Buying a house is the most important financial decision you will ever make, so the adage goes.
常言道，买套房子可能是人一生中最重要的财务决策。 - A plain white paperback would do just fine if we actually followed that particular ancient adage.
如果我们真的遵循古老的谚语，一个简单的白色平装本可能更好。