adage

英 [ˈædɪdʒ]

美 [ˈædɪdʒ]

n.  谚语; 格言

复数：adages　

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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.
  1. ...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”

英英释义

noun

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
  Synonym:proverbsawbyword

双语例句

• They think they're reducing risk and optimizing gains by following the adage,'Invest in what you know.
  他们认为这样能降低风险、优化收益，因为老话不是说了嘛：投资你了解的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old adage "birds of a feather flock together" is one dating rule that will never go out of style. the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole.
  俗话中的物以类聚，人以群分是一个永不过时的约会规则。研究人和其他人，群体，以及社会的关系的心理学分支。
• You've heard that old adage," It's not what you know, but who you know. "
  你应该听过那句谚语，“重要的不是你知道什么，而是你认识谁。”
• There's an old adage "a problem shared is a problem halved".
  有一个古老的格言“共享的问题就是减半的问题（aproblemsharedisaproblemhalved）”。
• To paraphrase the adage: If you ca fish from someone, you'll eat for a day;
  概述某句格言：如果你从别人那里讨到一条鱼，那么你能吃上一天；
• Buying a house is the most important financial decision you will ever make, so the adage goes.
  常言道，买套房子可能是人一生中最重要的财务决策。