allegory

The painting functions as an allegory of the struggle between virtue and temptation.这幅画起到了美德与诱惑之间斗争的寓言的作用。

Animal Farm is widely interpreted as a political allegory targeting Stalinist totalitarianism.《动物庄园》被广泛解释为针对斯大林主义极权主义的政治寓言。