adage: [16] Adage was borrowed, via French, from Latin adagium ‘maxim, proverb’. This seems to have been formed from a variant of aio ‘I say’ plus the prefīx ad- ‘to’. In the 16th and 17th centuries an alternative version, adagy, existed.
adage (n.)
"brief, familiar proverb," 1540s, Middle French adage, from Latin adagium "adage, proverb," apparently from adagio, from ad- "to" (see ad-) + *agi-, root of aio "I say," from PIE *ag- "to speak." But Tucker thinks the second element is rather ago "set in motion, drive, urge."
adage 双语例句
1. The adage " Trade is better than aid " is clearly of great relevance to agriculture.
“ 贸易胜于援助, ” 这一格言对于农业显然是十分中肯的.
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2. But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.
但是,根据我的经验,人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确.
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3. Answering probably an adage: The day fails the person wishes.
或许正应了一句老话: 天不遂人愿.
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4. Han Jia , I think both of us have followed this adage.
韩佳, 我觉得我们俩就是这么做的.
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5. You've heard the adage many times about turning lemons into lemonade, right ?