Proverb
['prɒvɜːb] or ['prɑvɝb]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people.
編輯:汤姆--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
(n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
(n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
(n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
(v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb.
(v. t.) To provide with a proverb.
(v. i.) To write or utter proverbs.
編輯:菲利普
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Adage, maxim, saying, dictum, saw, aphorism, apothegm, by-word.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Maxim, apothegm, adage, saw, dictum, by_word
ANT:Essay, dissertation, disquisition, oration, diatribe, yarn
錄入:勒达
解釋/意思:
n. a short familiar sentence expressing a well-known truth or moral lesson: a byword: (B.) a difficult saying that requires explanation: (pl.) a book of the Old Testament: a dramatic composition in which a proverb gives name and character to the plot.—v.t. to speak of proverbially: make a byword of: to provide with a proverb.—adj. Prover′bial like or pertaining to proverbs: widely spoken of.—v.t. Prover′bialise to turn into a proverb.—ns. Prover′bialism a saying in the form of or like a proverb; Prover′bialist.—adv. Prover′bially.
手打:米格尔
例句/造句/用法:
- IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Ah, that proverb is quite worn out, replied the Rector cheerily; try another, my boy, try another. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- In the words of the proverb, I was resolved not to let the grass grow under my feet. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But though it be true to a proverb that lazy folks take the most pains, does it follow that they deserve the most money? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- True says the proverb, said Wamba, interposing his word, but with some abatement of his usual petulance,-- 'When the cat is away, The mice will play. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The Gatling soon made its way widely, and its rapidity of fire became a proverb. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Nay, rather, Socrates, the proverb holds that hard is the good. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- You know the proverb, sir, was all I said to him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If the rod be bent too much one way, says the proverb, in order to make it straight, you must bend it as much the other. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- We have an English proverb that says, He that would thrive Must ask his wife. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The proverb says, The unknown is always great. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Jack-of-all-trades will never be rich, says the proverb. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The proverb says, “You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It is better, says the proverb, to play for nothing, than to work for nothing. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And I tell you again, darling, that Mrs General, if I may reverse a common proverb and adapt it to her, is a cat in gloves who _will_ catch mice. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I kept myself up with proverbs as long as I could; Pride must abide,--and such wholesome pieces of pith; but it was of no use. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Another from the Proverbs of Solomon, speaking of wisdom or virtue: Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand riches and honour. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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