parables

英 [ˈpærəblz]

美 [ˈpɛrəbəlz]

n.  (尤指《圣经》中的)寓言故事
parable的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （《圣经》等中的）寓言故事
  Aparableis a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible.
  1. ...the parable of the Good Samaritan...
     “好撒马利亚人”的寓言
  2. The story is a pleasing parable of the problems created by an excess of wealth.
     这是个令人开怀的寓言，讲的是财富过剩造成的问题。

双语例句

• The ordinary man, as the Saturday Evening Post has discovered, thinks in concrete images, anecdotes, pictures, and parables.
  星期六晚邮报发现，普通人是通过具体形象、故事、画面和比喻进行思考的。
• One of the most renowned parables in economics is that of the Capitol Hill babysitting co-operative.
  经济学中最著名的案例之一是“国会山照看婴儿合作社”（capitolhillbabysittingco-operative）的故事。
• He spoke to them in parables, at some length.
  他用比喻向他们讲了许多道理。
• Neither can the mind be explained by similes and parables.
  思想也不能被明喻和寓言阐明。
• And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
  门徒进前来，问耶稣说，对众人讲话，为什么用比喻呢。
• In the parables we have read today, an all-out search is made.
  在我们今天所读的三个比喻中，主人翁都进行了一次彻底的搜查。
• This is why the parables become windows to some people and walls to others.
  这就是为什么圣经比喻对某些人而言是扇窗门，另外一些人则是高墙一堵。
• Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
  所以我用比喻对他们讲，是因他们看也看不见，听也听不见，也不明白。
• As he wrote of his parables: We may liken the false to the true for the purpose of moral instruction.
  正如他所写的寓言：「了道德指引下的目标，我们可能将错误比做真实。
• Jesus told many parables to his followers, such as the parable of the good samaritan.
  耶稣给他的门徒们讲了很多的寓言，比方说好撒马利亚人的寓言。