Allegorical describes a story, painting, play, or film whose people and events stand for ideas, or teach a moral lesson, on a second level. Teachers say 'an allegorical novel'; art writers say 'an allegorical painting' — Justice as a woman with scales, a farm that stands for a country.

Allegorical describes a story, painting, play, or filmallegorical 用來形容一個故事、畫作、戲劇或電影，whose people and events stand for ideas, or teach a moral lesson, on a second level裡面的人物和情節在另一個層次上代表某些概念，或是傳達某種道德教訓。Teachers say 'an allegorical novel'老師會說 'an allegorical novel'（一部寓言小說）；art writers say 'an allegorical painting'藝術評論家會說 'an allegorical painting'（一幅寓意畫）——Justice as a woman with scales, a farm that stands for a country像是拿著天秤的女人代表正義，或是一座農場代表一個國家。

It is an adjective: it names the kind of work, not the work itself.

It is an adjective它是形容詞：it names the kind of work, not the work itself.說的是作品的類型，不是作品本身。

It does not mean 'symbolic' in the weak sense of one small sign; it usually means the whole piece is built as a double meaning. Though actually, people stretch it to any tale with a moral. More precise talk keeps it for a sustained hidden design.

It does not mean 'symbolic' in the weak sense of one small sign它的意思不是那種微弱版的 'symbolic'，只是一個小小的象徵；it usually means the whole piece is built as a double meaning它通常是指整部作品都建立在雙重意義上。Though actually不過其實，people stretch it to any tale with a moral大家會把它用得更寬，套用在任何有道德教訓的故事上。More precise talk keeps it for a sustained hidden design比較精確的講法會把它留給那種從頭到尾都有隱藏設計的作品。

Fairly literary; you meet it in class more than in the street.

Fairly literary相當文學性；you meet it in class more than in the street你在課堂上遇到它的機會比在街上多。