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n.故事,坏话,流言蜚语,谣言,叙述,传说

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tale


/teɪl; tel/
n
1 narrative or story 故事
*`fairy tales 神话
* tales of adventure 冒险故事.
2 report spread by gossip, often false or invented 传言; 传闻; 流言蜚语
*I've heard some odd tales about her. 我听到些关于她的怪事.
* You hear all sorts of tales. 各种流言蜚语满天飞.
3 (idm 习语) dead men tell no tales => dead. live, etc to tell the tale => tell. an old wives' tale => old. tell its own tale => tell. tell tales => tell. thereby hangs a tale => hang1.

tale


n[C]
[Language: Old English;Origin: talu]
a story about exciting imaginary events
tale of
 tales of adventure
 a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories)
 a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
 a cautionary tale (=one that is told to warn people about the dangers of something )
a description of interesting or exciting things that happened to someone, often one which is not completely true about every detail
tale of/about
 tales of her life in post-war Berlin
tale of/about how
 He was in the middle of telling me a long tale about how he once met the Redskins' manager.
tell tales
BrE to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone else has done
American Equivalent: tattletell tales to
 Don't go telling tales to the teacher!
tale of woe
a) a description of events that made you unhappy
b) a series of bad things that happened to someone
 The England team's tale of woe continued, and they lost the next three games.
fairy tale,old wives' taleatold
1. By laying out a few cards, you create a story as appealing as a fairy tale, with your client as the hero.
    摆出几张牌,你就可以创造一个像神话传说一样动人的故事,而故事的主角就是你的顾客。

2. The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house.
    那个好说谎的乞丐在每家说不同的悲哀故事。

3. And find some grace and pleasure in our condition, not like a self-centered British poet but like a patient princess sealed up in a tower, waiting for the happy ending to our fairy tale.
    要在我们自身的条件下发现一些优雅和乐趣,不要做一个以自我为中心的英国诗人,而要像一个被关在塔楼里的公主,耐心地等待着我们的童话故事进入快乐的结局。

4. "Millionaire" is one of those words from a fairy tale that has no meaning to me whatsoever — like the words "emigration" and "Canada."
    象"移民"和"加拿大"这两个词一样,"百万富翁"对我来说只是童话故事词汇中的一个没有任何意义的词而已。

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