fable

US [ˈfeɪb(ə)l]
UK ['feɪb(ə)l]
  • n.寓言；寓言故事；无稽之谈；谎言
  • v.编寓言；杜撰
  • Web神鬼寓言；传说；神话
Plural Form：fables  

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fable
n.
1.
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寓言；寓言故事a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially one with animals as characters; these stories considered as a group
Aesop's Fables
伊索寓言
a land rich in fable
寓言之乡
2.
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谎言；不实之词；无稽之谈a statement, or an account of sth, that is not true

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like the faithful dove in the fable , she was to pine away in my absence from her.
就像寓言中的温柔多情的小鸽子，她一定因为和我离别而憔悴。
jiù xiàng yù yán zhōng de wēn róu duō qíng de xiǎo gē zi , tā yí dìng yīn wèi hé wǒ lí bié ér qiáo cuì 。
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Bettany Hughes: It could be, then, that this is just a moral fable, that the Atlantis story is just one grand political allegory?
贝特妮·休斯：就这样，可能亚特兰蒂斯就这样成为了一则关于道德的传说。那么，亚特兰蒂斯的故事只是一个伟大的政治寓言？
bèi tè nī · xiū sī : jiù zhè yàng , kě néng yà tè lán dì sī jiù zhè yàng chéng wèi le yì zé guān yú dào dé de chuán shuō 。 nà me , yà tè lán dì sī de gù shi zhǐ shì yī gè wěi dà de zhèng zhì yù yán ?
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Have heard such a fable: a man lying on its rooftop sun old, asked a passer-through on him, how the time does not work?
曾听过这样一则寓言：一个人躺在自家破旧的天台上晒太阳，一个路人走过就责问他，大好时光怎么不去干活？
céng tīng guò zhè yàng yì zé yù yán : yī gè rén tǎng zài zì jiā pò jiù de tiān tái shàng shài tài yáng , yī gè lù rén zǒu guò jiù zé wèn tā , dà hǎo shí guāng zěn me bù qù gàn huó ?
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I read a fable about a man who was browsing in a store when he made the shocking discovery that God was behind a sales counter.
我曾读过一篇寓言故事，说到有个人走进一家商店，十分吃惊地发现，站在柜台的竟是上帝。
wǒ céng dú guò yī piān yù yán gù shi , shuō dào yǒu gè rén zǒu jìn yì jiā shāng diàn , shí fēn chī jīng de fā xiàn , zhàn zài guì tái de jìng shì shàng dì 。
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The doctor who had volunteered to settled down in the poor village became the chief fable of the villagers.
这个志愿到这个穷村庄落户的医生成了村民们的中心话题。
zhè ge zhì yuàn dào zhè ge qióng cūn zhuāng luò hù de yī shēng chéng le cūn mín men de zhōng xīn huà tí 。
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Jefferson believed in a creator, but not in the divinity of Jesus, much less the virgin birth, which he thought only as a "fable" .
他相信上帝，但不相信耶稣的神性，更别提他是上帝之子了，他认为这只是个“寓言”而已。
tā xiāng xìn shàng dì , dàn bù xiāng xìn yē sū de shén xìng , gèng bié tí tā shì shàng dì zhī zǐ le , tā rèn wéi zhè zhǐ shì gè " yù yán " ér yǐ 。
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Bach's fable was a surprise best-seller, eventually surpassing the hardcover sales record, set by Gone With The Wind.
Bach的故事非常的好卖，最终超过了由《乱世佳人》创下的精装书销售记录。
Bach de gù shi fēi cháng de hǎo mài , zuì zhōng chāo guò le yóu 《 luàn shì jiā rén 》 chuàng xià de jīng zhuāng shū xiāo shòu jì lù 。
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Let me turn the beautiful steed, gallops with you in the horizon, protects not the old myth and the fable together, never withers and falls.
让我变成美丽的骏马，和你驰骋在天涯，一起守护不老的神话和传说，永不凋落。
ràng wǒ biàn chéng měi lì de jùn mǎ , hé nǐ chí chěng zài tiān yá , yì qǐ shǒu hù bù lǎo de shén huà hé chuán shuō , yǒng bù diāo luò 。
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'My children can't even watch 'Babe, '' she laughed, referring to the children's fable about a talking pig who loses his mother.
她笑着说，我的孩子连《小猪宝贝》（Babe）都还不能看。这部电影讲述的是一只失去母亲、会说话的猪的寓言故事。
tā xiào zhe shuō , wǒ de hái zi lián 《 xiǎo zhū bǎo bèi 》 ( Babe ) dōu hái bù néng kàn 。 zhè bù diàn yǐng jiǎng shù de shì yī zhī shī qù mǔ qīn 、 huì shuō huà de zhū de yù yán gù shi 。
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Whether consciously or not, the Royal Academy of Engineering in Britain seems lately to have taken Shelley's fable to heart.
不知有意还是无意，英国皇家工程学会似乎最近才把雪莱的想法放在心间。
bù zhī yǒu yì hái shì wú yì , yīng guó huáng jiā gōng chéng xué huì sì hū zuì jìn cái bǎ xuě lái de xiǎng fǎ fàng zài xīn jiān 。
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