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（尤指充满惊险的）故事；历险记
a story created using the imagination, especially one that is full of action and adventure
Dickens' ‘A Tale of Two Cities’
狄更斯的《双城记》
a fairy/moral/romantic, etc. tale
童话、寓言、爱情故事等
（精彩但不一定完全真实的）讲述，叙述
an exciting spoken description of an event, which may not be completely true
I love listening to his tales of life at sea.
我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。
I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.
我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。
The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match) .
上星期六这支队又遭败绩。
Her experiences provide a cautionary tale (= a warning) for us all.
她的经历成了我们大家的前车之鉴。
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N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事
A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events....a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集
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N-COUNT (对真人真事精彩的或夸张的)描述，讲述
You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale .The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。
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PHRASE 大难不死;逃过劫难;幸免于难
If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale .You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？
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PHRASE 造谣;泄密
If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret.I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
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- a trivial lie
- he told a fib about eating his spinach
- how can I stop my child from telling stories?
- Synonym: fib story tarradiddle taradiddle
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- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events;presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
- his narrative was interesting
- Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children
- Synonym: narrative narration story
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She unfolded her tale to us .
她向我们倾吐了她的故事。
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The following tale will clearly illustrate this point .
接下来的故事将清楚地阐明这一点。
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I love listening to his tales of life at sea .
我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。
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In his plays he takes simple traditional tales and elaborates them .
他在剧本里采用了一些简单的传统故事并进行了发挥。
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I 've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house .
我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。
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Her experiences provide a cautionary tale for us all .
她的经历成了我们大家的前车之鉴。
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He regaled us with tales of his days as a jazz pianist .
他给我们讲述他当爵士乐钢琴师时的事，逗我们开心。
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Hers was a classic tale of rags to riches .
她的经历是从赤贫到富有的一个典型例子。
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She made history come alive with tales from her own memories
通过讲述自己记忆中的故事，她把逝去的岁月变得生动起来。
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a tale of life in the fast lane .
快节奏生活的故事
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She related her tale of living rough .
她讲述了自己艰苦谋生的故事。
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Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour .
他们的歌里充斥着变了味的爱情故事。
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Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand .
罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。
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He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death 's door
他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。
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They spread tales about her in an attempt to devalue her work
他们散布一些有关她的流言，企图贬低她的工作。
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She was like a princess in a fairy tale .
她就像童话里的公主。
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He had a fund of hilarious tales on the subject .
关于这个话题他有说不完的趣事。
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It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature .
这是西印度群岛文学中广为流传的故事。
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Immigrant tales have always been popular themes in fiction
移民故事一直是小说中常见的主题。
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Fairy tales weren 't just meant for children
童话故事不仅仅是写给孩子们的。
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Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday .
《城市故事》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。
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When the company went under , tales of his extravagance surged through the industry .
公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。
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The play takes three Scottish tales and interlinks them .
剧本吸收了三个苏格兰民间故事并把它们相互衔接起来。
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He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale
他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。
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He carefully recounts the tale , the microscopic details of those crucial minutes .
他详细地讲述了事情的经过和在那关键的几分钟里所发生的微小细节。
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The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday 's earthquake .
媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。
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You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck .
你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？
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Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved
她的经历是一个妻子坚定地支持她深爱着的丈夫的感人故事。
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I hesitated , not wanting to tell tales about my colleague .
我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
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Each tale has the timeless quality of fable .
每个故事都有其永恒的寓意。
指人物与情节均为虚构的文学作品。
She is a popular writer of science fiction.
她是一位很受欢迎的科幻小说家。
He prefers historical fiction to romance novels.
比起爱情小说，他更喜欢历史小说。
指篇幅短小、旨在道德教化的传统故事，尤指动物寓言故事。
It's a land rich in fable.
此地是寓言之乡。
This is a fable about a dog and a mouse.
这是一个关于狗和老鼠的寓言故事。
指长篇小说。
'War and Peace' is a great novel by Leo Tolstoy.
《战争与和平》是列夫·托尔斯泰的长篇巨著。
He has read all of the novels by Dickens.
他读过狄更斯的全部小说。
特指这两类小说，作后者解时尤指旧时创作或以古代为背景的传奇故事。
This is a romance about a prince who married a poor girl.
这是一则王子同灰姑娘结婚的爱情故事。
The figure comes from a medieval romance.
这个人物来自中世纪的传奇故事。
指意在娱乐大众的叙事性文学作品，其内容可能是真实的，也可能是虚构的。
He spent the whole afternoon reading a detective story.
他整个下午都在读一本侦探小说。
This novel is based on a true story.
这部小说是根据真实故事而写的。
指虚构的惊险刺激的故事。
The newly published book contains 20 old Chinese folk tales.
新出版的这本书包含20个古老的中国民间故事。
The author earned his fame through several popular tales of adventure.
这名作家因多个广受欢迎的探险故事而出了名。
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