N-COUNT An epigram is a short saying or poem that expresses an idea in a very clever and amusing way. 警句; 隽语
The anger she had repressed in her youth came out forcefully but smoothly, in anecdotes and epigrams, and was carefully modulated into irony or nostalgia.
年轻时所压抑的愤怒通过她讲述的故事、趣闻，充满激情又不显突兀地被表达了出来，夹杂着讽刺意味和怀旧气息。
"Life is short and art is long" is one of the many epigrams by Oscar Wilde.
“生命短暂，艺术长久”是王尔德留下的许多警句之一。
Poems and essays alike abound in neat turns of phrase, and epigrams that are immediately pleasing.
诗文中充满了简洁的短语和读来清晰可喜的短句。
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