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
- 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。 - 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。 - Being passionate about your job is more than the old adage "do what you love".
对工作有激情并不单单是人们常说的“做你喜欢的事情”。 - 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 "birds of a feather flock together" is one dating rule that will never go out of style. the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole.
俗话中的物以类聚，人以群分是一个永不过时的约会规则。研究人和其他人，群体，以及社会的关系的心理学分支。 - 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。 - 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； - 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。 - This adage says that even a clever person may do something stupidly.
是说聪明人也有一时糊涂做错事的时候。 - 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。