adage是什么意思_音标_用法_例句

简单释义：

n. 格言；俗语

网络 谚语；古训；古话

变形：

复数：adages  

完整释义：

n.

1.格言,箴言,古话,谚语
2.俗语

例句：

1. I remembered Yitzhak Rabin's adage: You do not make peace with your friends.
   我想起了伊扎克.拉宾的名言：“你与你的朋友是不需要讲和的。”

2. Citing a Chinese adage, he said: "If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. "
   他引用了中国一句古话：“不打无准备之仗。”

3. NEW YORK (AdAge. com) — At first glance, Microsoft's new search engine, Bing, doesn't look all that different from Google.
   乍看之下，微软的新搜索引擎，Bing似乎与谷歌并无显著区别。

4. The adage 'opposites attract', holds true when you think of Virgo and Pisces compatibility.
   “异性相吸”很好的形容了处女座和双鱼座间的关系。

5. There's an old adage that says the only things in life you can count on are death and taxes.
   有句古语道：“生活中唯一可以指望的东西是死亡和纳税。”

6. There's an old adage that says, if you owe the bank $100, that's your problem.
   古语有云，如果你欠银行100美元，那就是你的问题。

7. The old adage that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence can be extended to our technology cravings.
   “别人院子里的草坪总是更绿”，这句话也同样适用于数码产品。

8. Patients are very aware of the adage "you get what you pay for" and are therefore much less likely to complain at the smaller hospital.
   病人们都强烈地意识到“物有所值”这一至理名言，因此对小医院远不太可能进行投诉。