exemplum meaning in English
n.
(pl. -pla )
1.(中世纪布道时讲的)劝喻性故事。
2.例证，范例。
Examples
- They liked to imagine the inhabitants of the new continent “ as denizens of a golden age of sylvan innocence , or as implausibly superior savages ? moral exempla for the implicit chastisement of civilised vice
后者乐于见到新大陆的居住者是“森林精灵黄金时代的居民，或是难以置信的高等蛮人? ?作为例证，说明了对受过教化的恶习不容置疑的惩罚” 。