allegory meaning in English
n.
比喻；寓言；象征。
Examples
- The whole allegory is a consistent attack on morality and respectability .
整个寓言是对道德和有地位的人的有力抨击。 - All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds .
要比仿她，要模拟她，总得以鸟类始，还得以鸟类终。 - They wanted our seal to be an allegory representing the destiny of the new nation .
他们想要把我们的国玺作为代表这个新国家命运的一个象征。 - "the mysterious stranger", his last book, is an allegory that suggests that life is in reality only a dream .
他最后的一本书《神秘的陌生人》则是一部讽刺小说，表明生活实际上不过是一场梦。 - This faith, said he, is but a borrowed plagiarism from one of the many allegories invented by our priests of old .
这种信仰，他说，只不过是从一个寓言中抄袭来的，我们过去的祭司们曾编造过许多这样的寓言。