adage

英 ['ædɪdʒ] 美 ['ædɪdʒ]

• n. 格言；谚语；古话

英英释义

Noun:

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The adage really enlightened me since my youth.
   这句格言从我青年时代起就给了我真正的启示。
2. Nearly 150 years later, variations of this adage are still quoted.
   差不多在150年之后，这个变化了的谚语一直被引用。
3. But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.
   但是，根据我的经验，人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。

近反义词

【近义词】

• proverb 谚语
• maxim 格言
• motto 座右铭
• saw 锯
• saying 谚语
• axiom 公理
• truth 事实
• byword 代名词