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单词 proverb
释义
proverb
noun[C]
uk
/ˈprɒv.ɜːb/us
/ˈprɑː.vɝːb/
C2
ashortsentence, etc., usuallyknownby manypeople,statingsomethingcommonlyexperiencedor givingadvice:
谚语，格言
Theappetite, says the proverb,growswitheating.俗话说，吃得越多，胃口越大。
[+ that]There is anoldArabproverbthateverything you write orspeakshouldpassthrough threegates: Is thiskind? Is thisnecessary? Is thistrue?有句古老的阿拉伯谚语说，你写的或说的每句话都得经过三道关：这是出于善意的吗？这是必要的吗？这是真的吗？
Synonyms
adage
axiomformal
saw(SAYING)old-fashioned
saying
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(Definition ofproverbfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

proverb| American Dictionary

proverb
noun[C]
us
/ˈprɑv·ərb/
literature
ashortstatement, usuallyknownby manypeoplefor alongtime, that givesadviceorexpressessomecommontruth:
AChineseproverb says that thelongestjourneybeginswith asinglestep.
(Definition ofproverbfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproverb

proverb
Usage is illustrated by means of texts, advertisements, cartoons, proverbs, lyrics, and interviews.
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In sum, these findings provide evidence of an association betweenproverbcomprehension and mental imagery in older children and young adults.
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Participants were asked to circle the letter of the choice that best expressed the proverb's meaning.
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True blue owes its origin to aproverbtrue blue will never stain, which alluded to the difficulty of finding a true blue dye.
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As theproverbgoes: ' politicians come and go, the bureaucrats are the ones who stay'.
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The book is unusually varied, comprising poems, dialogues, personal reminiscences, chapters interlarded with proverbs, quotes from the honoree's works, and conventional papers.
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The next three chapters are concerned with various forms of figurative language including metaphors and similes, idioms, and proverbs.
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Hence, it remains to be determined if people's mental images of proverbs truly are associated with their own comprehension.
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Thisproverbmeans that one must address the problems of the past before building the future.
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This order was employed because it was thought that the story contexts contained in the comprehension task might influence the participants' images of the proverbs.
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Given the similar patterns observed in mental imagery andproverbcomprehension across groups, it was important to examine the relationships between the two tasks.
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The language is unimaginative, there are no ambiguities or proverbs or other kinds of metaphor.
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Aiding discernment of the type of situation at hand, theproverbcan change the hearer's reaction to it.
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This singleproverbis exceptional in its positive attitude.
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Many proverbs were recorded by two or three whistlers.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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