STORY1 a story2 stories that are intended to teach people something3 someone in a story4 the events in a story5 the story of a real person's life6 the story of your own lifeRELATED WORDSsee alsoFILM/MOVIEBOOKS1 a story 故事story /ˈstɔːri/ [countable noun]a description of real or imaginary events, which is told or written to entertain people 〔真实或虚构的〕故事；小说 All children love stories. 所有儿童都喜欢听故事。 The film was OK, but I didn't think the story was very realistic. 电影拍得还可以，不过我觉得故事不太真实。 a book of short stories 一本短篇小说集tell/read somebody a story Sally, will you read us a story? 萨莉，给我们念个故事好吗?story about Grandpa's always telling us stories about when he was a boy 爷爷总是给我们讲他小时候的故事。story of The movie tells the story of a young girl brought up in the Deep South in the 1930s. 这部影片讲的是20世纪30年代南方腹地一个小女孩的成长故事。ghost/love story We sat around the fire telling ghost stories. 我们围着火讲鬼故事。fairy storya story about imaginary people, creatures, and events 童话故事 He looked like some giant from a fairy story. 他看上去像童话故事里的巨人。true storyabout events that really happened 真实的故事 The film is based on a true story. 影片取材于一个真实的故事。tale /teɪl/ [countable noun]an exciting story about imaginary events 〔虚构的〕故事tale of ‘Treasure Island’ - a tale of pirates and adventure 《金银岛》，一个关于海盗和历险的故事tell a tale She told us many tales about when our father was a child. 她给我们讲了许多父亲小时候的故事。fairy talea story about imaginary creatures, people, and events 童话故事 Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales 汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的童话故事fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/ [uncountable noun]writing that describes imaginary people and events 小说 So much modern fiction is full of sex and violence. 有太多的现代小说充满了色情和暴力。work of fiction Although it is a work of fiction, it is based on fact. 虽然这是一部小说，但是它取材于真实的故事。crime/romantic/historical etc fiction Adopting the style of romantic fiction, she said, ‘I love him passionately’. 她用言情小说里的语气说道：“我深深地爱着他。”science fictionstories about imaginary future times 科幻小说 a science fiction novel 一部科幻小说fictional [adjective] I had to remind myself these were fictional characters, not real people. 我不得不提醒自己，这些都是虚构的人物，而不是真实的。myth /mɪθ/ [countable/uncountable noun]a very old story, about gods and magical creatures 神话，神话故事 The myth tells of how the gods sent fire to the earth in flashes of lightning. 这则神话故事讲的是天神如何通过闪电把火种带到人间。 a ballet based on a Greek myth 以希腊神话故事为题材的一部芭蕾舞剧 The heroes of myth all had some point of weakness. 神话故事里的英雄都有某个弱点。legend /ˈledʒənd/ [countable/uncountable noun]an old story, usually about strange events or people with magic powers 传说；传奇故事 According to legend, the whole castle was washed into the sea. 据传说所说，整座城堡被冲入了大海。legend of the legend of Robin Hood 罗宾汉的传奇故事legend has it (that)according to legend 传说，相传 Legend has it that Sarah Heln, who died in 1913, was shut alive inside a lead coffin. 萨拉·赫尔恩死于1913年，传说她被关在一具铅造的棺材里活活闷死。anecdote /ˈænɪkdəʊt/ [countable noun]a short funny story about something that really happened 逸事，趣闻 Personal anecdotes have no place in an academic essay. 学术论文里容不得个人的趣闻轶事。anecdote about The book is full of amusing anecdotes about his time in the police force. 书里满篇都是他在警队里发生的趣事。saga /ˈsɑːgə/ [countable noun]a story about a series of connected events or adventures that take place over a long period of time, especially events involving one family 〔讲述一段长时间内发生的，尤涉及一个家族的〕长篇故事；家世小说 The novel is a historical saga, set in Tudor times. 这是一部历史长篇小说，以都铎王朝时代为背景。saga of Her saga of the rise and fall of a powerful family dynasty was a great commercial success. 她那部写一个豪门大族的兴起和没落的长篇小说非常畅销。epic /ˈepɪk/ [countable noun]a story told in a long book, film, or poem which is about great or exciting events, especially in history 史诗，史诗般的文艺作品 The film was billed as an epic -- an adventure story that would take the world and the box-office by storm. 这部电影被宣传为一部史诗式巨制——一部能轰动世界、令票房激增的历险故事片。 The history of a single event has been spun out to fill a 255 page epic. 一件单一的历史事件被详细地写成了一篇长达255页的史诗。epic poem/hero/style etc the epic poem "Beowulf' 英雄史诗《贝奥武甫》2 stories that are intended to teach people something 旨在教育人们的故事allegory /ˈælɪgəri, ˈæləgəriǁ-gɔːri/ [countable noun]a story in which the events and characters represent something or someone else from the real world 寓言，讽喻性故事 "Animal Farm' is an allegory in which the animals represent the Russian people and Farmer Jones the old Tsarist regime. 《动物农庄》是一个寓言故事，故事中的动物象征俄国人民，农场主琼斯则象征旧沙皇政府。allegory of The film was a dark, powerful allegory of life in post-war America. 这部电影是一个深沉有力的寓言故事，反映了美国的战后生活。parable /ˈpærəbəl/ [countable noun]a short simple story that is used to teach something, especially what is morally right 〔说教性的〕寓言故事 Christ used parables to explain moral questions in a way that people could understand. 基督用寓言故事来解释道德问题，让人们都能够听懂。 It is a kind of parable for the eighties -- a lesson about the destructiveness of greed. 这是80年代的寓言—是贪婪导致毁灭的一个教训。parable of the parable of ‘The Prodigal Son’ “浪子”的比喻fable /ˈfeɪbəl/ [countable noun]a story that has a moral message, especially a story in which animals are used to represent people's good and bad behaviour 〔有道德含义的〕寓言〔尤以动物代表人的善恶行为〕 The best-known of Aesop's fables is "The Tortoise and the Hare'. 伊索寓言中最有名的是《龟兔赛跑》。 The life of Howard Hughes cannot fail to remind us of the fable of Midas. 霍华德·休斯的一生使我们不禁想起迈达斯的那个寓言。3 someone in a story 故事中的人物character /ˈkærɪktəʳ, ˈkærəktəʳ/ [countable noun]one of the people in a story 〔故事中的〕人物，角色 The two main characters in the book are a young boy and his teacher. 书中的两个主要人物是一个小男孩和他的老师。 Each group is named after a fictional character like Mickey Mouse. 每个小组都起了一个虚构人物的名字，如米老鼠。hero /ˈhɪərəʊ/ [countable noun]the man or boy who is the main character in a story 〔故事中的〕男主人公，男主角 In cinema, the hero always got the girl and the bad guy was always punished. 在电影里，男主角总是得到了姑娘，坏人总是得到了惩罚。 Shakespeare's best-known tragic hero is probably Hamlet. 莎士比亚最出名的悲剧人物可能就是哈姆雷特。hero of Who was the hero of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’? 《麦田里的守望者》主人公是谁？heroine /ˈherəʊɪn/ [countable noun]the woman or girl who is the main character in a story 〔故事中的〕女主人公，女主角 The story is narrated entirely by the heroine. 这个故事全部由女主人公叙述。 She seems to see herself as some kind of romantic heroine in a trashy novel. 她好像把自己看成是垃圾小说里一个浪漫的女主人公了。4 the events in a story 故事情节plot /plɒtǁplɑːt/ [countable noun]the series of events that happen in a book, play, film etc, and the way they are all connected 〔书、剧本、电影等的〕情节，剧情 The plot was so complicated that I was totally confused by the time I was two chapters in. 故事情节太复杂了，我看了两章就全糊涂了。 The book doesn't have much of a plot, but its characters are fantastic. 这本书没什么故事情节，不过里面的人物塑造得很不错。storyline /ˈstɔːrilaɪn/ [countable noun]the main story of a book, play, film etc 〔书、剧本、电影等的〕情节 Anna's marriage problems form the main storyline in Episode One. 安娜的婚姻问题构成了第一集的主要情节。 The storyline was too far-fetched, and none of the actors were particularly good. 故事情节太牵强，而且没有一个演员演得特别好。5 the story of a real person's life 描写真实人物一生的故事biography /baɪˈɒgrəfiǁ-ˈɑːg-/ [countable noun]a book that is the story of a famous person's life 〔名人的〕传记 She is the author of several books, including a biography of the artist Salvador Dali. 她写过好几本书，其中包括艺术家萨尔瓦多·达利的传记。 Isaac Deutscher's outstanding biographies of Stalin and Trotsky 伊萨克·多伊彻写斯大林和托洛茨基的优秀传记作品life /laɪf/ [countable noun usually singular]the story of a famous person'slife, as described in a book, or shown in paintings or a film 〔书、画作或电影里描述的名人的〕传记，生平 Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson was published in 1791. 鲍斯韦尔的《塞缪尔·约翰逊传》于1791年出版。 The lower series of frescoes describe the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. 下面的一系列壁画描述了圣方济各会会员的生平。life story /ˈlaɪf ˌstɔːri/ [countable noun]an account, especially a spoken account, of the main events that have happened in someone's life 〔尤指口头流传的〕生平故事 When you meet someone for the first time, they don't want your entire life story in detail. 当你和一个人初次见面时，他们不会想听你从头到尾讲你自己的故事的。 The newspaper has been running his life story for the past two weeks. 在过去的两个星期里，报纸上连载了他的生平故事。6 the story of your own life 自己一生的故事autobiography /ˌɔːtəbaɪˈɒgrəfiǁ-ˈɑːg-/ [countable noun]the story of your own life, which you have written yourself 自传 In his autobiography he described his life as an explorer in some of the remotest parts of the earth. 他在自传中记述了他在地球上一些最偏远地区的探险生活。 Her autobiography will be published next month, and will be a guaranteed bestseller. 她的自传将于下月出版，肯定会很畅销。memoirs /ˈmemwɑːʳz/ [plural noun]the story of your own life which you have written yourself, especially your involvement in important political or military events 回忆录，自传〔尤涉及重要的政治或军事事件〕 In his memoirs he gives a new insight into several political scandals of the pre-war years. 他的回忆录使人们对战前的几件政治丑闻有了新的了解。 The duke's memoirs will be serialised in the Sunday Times. 公爵的自传将在《星期日泰晤士报》上连载。story of your life /ˌstɔːri əv jɔːʳ ˈlaɪf/ [noun phrase]a spoken account of the main events that have happened in your life, especially if they are boring or unpleasant 〔口头叙述的〕一生的故事〔尤指令人厌烦的或令人不快的事〕tell somebody the story of your life He told me the story of his life right from the early days in a poor part of Washington. 他从早年住在华盛顿贫民区的生活说起，向我讲述了他一生的故事。 She began to tell him the story of her life, a long catalogue of disappointment and gloom. 她开始向他讲述她的一生，她那一连串没完没了的失意和绝望。