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

• His poems have not only the rhythmic beauty of Chinese ancient poetry but also the popularity of doggerels and philosophic thoughts of adages and epigrams.
  既有古诗词的韵律美，又有顺口溜的通俗性，还有格言警句的哲理性。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sometimes, these fortunes are wise adages;
  有的时候，这些好运是智慧的格言；
• There are a lot of folk adages in China, for example Depend on parents at home, leave home and depend on the friend!
  中国有很多谚语，比如：在家靠父母，出门靠朋友！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。