proverb是什么意思

2024-02-02 17:25:16

proverb

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n. 谚语；格言；众所周知的人

近义词：saying，adage，maxim，dictum，saw，motto，truth，axiom，aphorism，truism，epigram，byword，

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Noun

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

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He likes to quote proverbs in his compositions.他喜欢在作文中引用谚语。
In this connection I remember a proverb.在这一方面我记得有一句谚语。
The proverb tells us to emulate the industry of the ant.这格言告诉我们要效法蚂蚁的勤勉。
Who goes slowly, goes long, and goes far, says the Italian proverb.意大利的格言说：谁走得慢，走得久，才能走得远。
The businessman is a proverb for meanness.那个商人因行为卑鄙而恶名远扬。
She is a proverb for inaccuracy.她做事马虎是出了名的。