parable
美音:
[´perəbəl
]英音:
[´perəbəl
]n.寓言,比喻
难易程度:
parable为短语/超纲词汇
词根
pare-=beside,beyond,against,contrary 变化型 par-,pa-
近义词, 同义词
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