adages

英 [ˈædɪdʒɪz]

美 [ˈædədʒɪz]

n.  谚语; 格言
adage的复数

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”

双语例句

• Sometimes, these fortunes are wise adages;
  有的时候，这些好运是智慧的格言；
• As another way people understand the world, witchcraft directs the daily life of humankind silently by adages, nursery rhymes, no-no and so on.
  巫术作为当时人们认识世界的另一扇窗口，通过谚语，童谣，禁忌等对人们的日常生活作出隐性的规范。
• While many old adages have truth to them, not all are entirely accurate.
  而许多老修心有真理，对他们来说，不是所有的都完全正确。
• Chapter five analyzes the features of folk adages, its translation, and enigmatic folk similes.
  第五章分析《红楼梦》俗语的特点，翻译文体，和歇后语的特征与翻译。
• Progression of the work, the three adages.
  工作的进展，三家格言。
• Idioms usually include idioms and proverbs, adages and, proverbs, slang, jargon, etc.
  语通常括语、俗语、言、歇语、谚语、俚语、话等。
• They encircled us showing us with so many lucky adages.
  他们围着我们说了那么多吉利的话。
• Of course, retirees and empty-nesters have long dealt with such adages as half as much money ─ and twice as much spouse.
  当然了，退休人员和空巢者早就有了“收入减半、老伴加倍”这类的说法。
• The "Huihuan" form is used widely in folk adages, advertising, and literary works.
  回环格的应用非常广泛，俗语、广告和文学作品都大量使用。
• I hear the Hindoo teaching his favorite pupil the loves, wars, adages, transmitted safely to this day from poets who wrote three thousand years ago.
  我听见有三千年前的诗人们书写的、好无损地流传至今的、印度教士传授给得意门生的、关爱情故事、争和格言。