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apologue的意思

apologue

基本解释

n. 寓言;道德故事

英文词源

apologue (n.)
"moral fable," 1550s, from French apologue, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos, from apo- "off, away from" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)). Literally, "(that which comes) from a speech."