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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - There is a famous adage of China "distance produce beauty".
中国有句名言“距离产生美”。 - What is called that the gentleman helps somebody in doing well is the adage of Confucius.
所谓“君子成人之美”,这是孔夫子留下的格言。 - That might consign the adage "no pain, no gain" to the history books.
所以“不劳而获”这句谚语可能要进入历史书本了。 - 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。 - Firstly, I would like to underline the old adage "You get what you pay for".
首先,我要强调一句古老的格言:“你得到你所支付”。 - 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。 - She reminded me of the old adage: where there's love there's understanding.
她使我想起了那句古老的格言:有爱就有谅解。