An allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

所有的寓言都是一个具有双重意义、文学内涵或象征意义的故事。

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The exchange of goods had a symbolic meaning far more important than the value of the goods themselves.

商品交换所具有的象征意义远远超过了商品本身的价值。

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The exchange for goods had a symbolic meaning far more important than the value of the goods themselves.

货物交流的象征意义比货物本身的价值要重要的多。

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Carpenters who are members of trade guilds recognize the scribing tradition as having a symbolic and initiatory meaning that remains a secret.

UNESCO: Intangible Cultural Heritage

Culture is a basic need, and cultural heritage a symbolic necessity that gives meaning to human lives connecting past, present and future.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: International Committee of the Blue Shield expresses sorrow and solidarity with Haiti

The apology will carry much broader symbolic meaning for a people whose forebears occupied Australia for tens of thousands of years before the British claimed it in 1788.

ECONOMIST: An apology but no compensation