allegorize
/ˈa-lə-ˌgȯr-ˌīz -gər-/ (ame, mw)
allegorize — 動詞
- allegorizepresent simple I / you / we / they
- allegorizes3rd person singular
- allegorizing-ing form
- allegorizedpast simple
1. to express ideas or tell a story by using symbolic characters, events, or settin
以寓言表達
用象徵性人物或情節傳達抽象觀念
to express ideas or tell a story by using symbolic characters, events, or settings that stand for deeper meanings such as moral, political, or spiritual truths.
In her debut novel, Adaeze chose to allegorize the country's civil war through a quarrel between two beekeepers.
Adaeze 在處女作中選擇以寓言表達該國的內戰，藉由兩位養蜂人之間的爭吵呈現。
allegorize + noun (the topic being symbolized)
Many Cold War films allegorize fears of invasion by showing alien creatures landing in small American towns.
許多冷戰時期的電影以寓言表達民眾對入侵的恐懼，安排外星生物降落在美國小鎮。
subject is a body of works; object names the fear being symbolized
Christopher's short story allegorizes the slow loss of his grandfather's memory as a house gradually losing its rooms.
Christopher 的短篇小說以寓言表達祖父記憶的緩慢流失，把它寫成一棟房子逐間失去房間的故事。
Some Renaissance painters preferred to allegorize about virtue and vice instead of showing them as plain human figures.
部分文藝復興時期的畫家偏好以寓言表達美德與惡行，而不是直接畫成普通人物。
文法句型
allegorize + noun
allegorize about + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually a writer, artist, or their work; object names the real-world topic that the symbols stand in for. Distinguish from sense 2 (interpreting an existing text) and sense 3 (turning concrete material into a symbolic version).
常見錯誤
2. when a reader or critic allegorizes a story, poem, or image, they explain it as
作寓言解讀
把文本逐項當成象徵符號來詮釋
when a reader or critic allegorizes a story, poem, or image, they explain it as if every part stands for something else, often a moral or religious idea, even when the writer may not have meant it that way.
Medieval scholars often allegorized the Song of Songs, reading every lover's gesture as a sign of the soul seeking God.
中世紀學者常把《雅歌》作寓言解讀，將戀人之間的每個動作視為靈魂追尋上帝的象徵。
subject is a reader/critic; object is the text being interpreted
Élise's professor warned the class not to allegorize every fairy tale, since some stories are simply about animals.
Élise 的教授提醒全班，不要每則童話都作寓言解讀，因為有些故事就只是在講動物而已。
common in academic register; warning against over-reading
Critics have long allegorized 'Moby-Dick', treating the white whale as a symbol of fate, evil, or even nature itself.
評論家長期把《白鯨記》作寓言解讀，將那條白鯨視為命運、邪惡，甚至是自然本身的象徵。
Mizuki argued that we should not allegorize the painting, since the artist clearly called it a market scene.
Mizuki 主張我們不該把那幅畫作寓言解讀，因為畫家明確稱它為市集景象。
- literalize
treat the text at face value rather than as symbolic
文法句型
allegorize + noun (a text or work)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a reader, critic, or commentator; object is a pre-existing text or image. Distinguish from sense 1 (an artist building symbols into their own work) — here the symbols are imposed during interpretation, not during creation.
常見錯誤
3. to take a real event, person, or experience and rework it as a symbolic story, w
改編為寓言
把真實題材重寫成象徵故事
to take a real event, person, or experience and rework it as a symbolic story, where the original details are replaced by figures and scenes that carry the same meaning at a deeper level.
The playwright decided to allegorize the factory strike, turning the workers into farm animals demanding fair share of grain.
那位劇作家決定把工廠罷工改編為寓言，將工人轉化為要求平分穀物的農場動物。
allegorize a real event into a symbolic story
Andrés allegorized his year in prison as a long journey through a forest of strange trees.
Andrés 把自己在獄中的一年改編為寓言，描寫成一段穿越奇異樹林的長途旅程。
allegorize + personal experience + as + symbolic frame
Rather than write a memoir, Reema chose to allegorize her childhood under dictatorship as the story of a silent village.
Reema 沒有選擇寫回憶錄，而是把自己在獨裁政權下的童年改編為寓言，化為一座沉默村莊的故事。
Animators sometimes allegorize political scandals by turning real leaders into greedy birds fighting over a single shiny coin.
動畫師有時把政治醜聞改編為寓言，將真實的領導人變成幾隻為了一枚閃亮硬幣互鬥的貪婪鳥兒。
- fictionalize
broader; turns real events into fiction without requiring a symbolic layer
- mythologize
specifically uses myth-like figures; often elevates the original
文法句型
allegorize + noun (subject matter)
用法筆記
Object is the real-world raw material; the symbolic version is usually introduced with 'as' or 'into'. Distinguish from sense 1 (the work as a whole carries symbolic meaning) by focusing on the transformation of specific source material into specific symbolic substitutes.