adage是什么意思

音标:英 [ˈædɪdʒ]美 [ˈædɪdʒ]

格言, 谚语

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

adage的用法和例句：

1. That adage is not one I'm familiar with, but sure.

这句谚语我不太熟悉 但我知道了

2. Proof of the old adage, perhaps, if you build it, they will come.

这也许印证了一句老话 只要建好教堂 信徒就会到来

3. Remember the old adage, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

记住那句老话 知己知彼 百战不殆

4. There's an old adage that says that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose.

有句俗话说的好 竞选靠诗歌 执 理靠散文