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parable

美音:[´perəbəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.寓言,比喻

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pare-=beside,beyond,against,contrary 变化型 par-,pa-

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parable


/'pærəbl; `pærəbl/
n (esp in the Bible) story told to illustrate a moral or spiritual truth (尤指《圣经》中)寓言故事
*Jesus taught in parables. 耶稣以寓言讲道.
* the parable of the prodigal son 浪子回头的故事.

parable


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: parabole, from Late Latin parabola 'comparison', from Greek parabole, from paraballein 'to compare']
a short simple story that teaches a moral or religious lesson, especially one of the stories told by Jesus in the Bible