proverbs

英 [ˈprɒvəbz]

美 [ˈprɑvərbz]

n.  谚语; 格言
proverb的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 谚语；俗语；常言
  Aproverbis a short sentence that people often quote, which gives advice or tells you something about life.
  1. An old Arab proverb says, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'.
     一句古老的阿拉伯谚语说，“敌人的敌人是朋友。”

英英释义

noun

• an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)
  Synonym:Book of Proverbs

双语例句

• Other proverbs have come into the language from Latin or Greek.
  还有一些谚语是从拉丁文或希腊文移植到英语里面的。
• English proverbs originate to life and have reflected the life, embodying English nationality's wisdom and the essence.
  英语谚语来源于生活，反映了生活，凝聚着英语民族的智慧和精髓。
• What do you think the proverbs tell us about friendship and getting along with others?
  你认为这些谚语告诉了我们关于友谊和与别人相处的什么？
• A Good Way to Conducting Moral Education in Foreign Language Teaching& On Moral Function of English Proverbs;
  外语教学中进行德育教育的一种好途径&浅谈英谚的德育功能〔谚语〕旁观者清。
• Many English idioms and proverbs are related to animals.
  英语习语和谚语当中含有动物词汇的语句很丰富。
• Human beings'common social activities are in many aspects similar, so English and Chinese proverbs have similarities.
  由于人类的普遍社会活动和心理思维过程有许多共同之处，因此英汉谚语也存在着相同之处。
• So it is necessary to study a nation's proverbs when we try to study its culture.
  研究一个国家的文化必然要研究其谚语。
• Of different religious ideas and concepts in English and Chinese Proverbs study Chinese and Western cultures will help us to deepen understanding of the background and cultural differences.
  对不同的宗教思想和观念在英汉谚语中的映射进行研究，将有助于我们加深对中西文化背景和文化差异的了解。
• Proverbs and idioms may become worn with overuse
  谚语和习语会由于使用过多而变得俗套。
• But the majority of true proverbs are metaphorical descriptions of an act or event applied as a general truth;
  但大多数的全句式谚语都是用比喻的手法描写一个行为或一件事，并被当成普遍真理加以应用；