allegorically
adverb uk/ˌæl.əˈɡɒr.ɪ.kəl.i/ us/ˌæl.əˈɡɔːr.ə.kəl.i/
寓言性地;讽喻地
in a way that involves using characters or events in a story, play, picture, or other work to represent moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas
The dancers allegorically represent a human failure to connect. 这些舞者寓意着人类无法沟通。
His songs are almost always based on real-life events but told allegorically. 他的歌曲几乎都是取材于现实生活中的事件,但却以寓言的方式讲述。
See: allegory
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- "The Pilgrim's Progress" is a vision of life told allegorically as if it were a journey.
- Many people were eager to support a man who, literally and allegorically, seemed to represent a unified America.
- A fantasy book series like this can become too allegorically complex or too morally simple.