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。 - The old adage," Do what you love, the money will follow "is actually very good advice.
俗话说：”做你想做的，钱就来了“，它的确一个非常好的建议。 - 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。 - 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。 - An old business adage is that businesses do not plan to fail, they just fail to plan!
有一句古老的格言就是：没有计划要失败的事业，只有没计划好的事业。 - 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。 - A plain white paperback would do just fine if we actually followed that particular ancient adage.
如果我们真的遵循古老的谚语，一个简单的白色平装本可能更好。 - Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind.
科学家已经证明，古老的谚语所说的，爱情是盲目的这一真理在一定程度上是正确的。 - There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
在这本关于愚人及其钱财的古老谚语中，蕴藏着很多真理。 - 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。