音标:[prә'vә:biәl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 谚语的, 谚语式的, 闻名的
a. of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb
s. widely known and spoken of
词型变化:名词复数形式 : proverbials
词性分布:
形容词100%

proverbial的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Wanamaker's wasted half is not entirely proverbial.沃纳梅克的“一半浪费论”并不完全只是一个谚语。
  2. He seems to have 9 lives, like the proverbial cat.他就像格言中所说的猫一样,似乎有九条命。
  3. He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.他正是谚语中所说的那种方枘圆凿不得其所的人。
  4. Their hospitality is proverbial.他们的热情好客人人皆知。
  5. His generosity is proverbial in the neighbourhood.他的慷慨在这一带是众所周知的。

经典引文

  • Proverbs bee popular principles, yet is not all true that is proverbiall.

    出自:Sir T. Browne
  • It is almost proverbial that every historian is something of a biographer.

    出自:P. Gay
【近义词】

How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives. I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time thinking about their vacation than they

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