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

• 33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
  耶稣用许多这样的比喻，照他们所能听的，对他们讲道。
• The story of the Prodigal Son, also known as the Parable of the Lost Son, follows the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin.
  浪子回头的故事，也作为著名的比喻失去了儿子，遵循的是迷失的羊和丢失的硬币的比喻。
• In the New Testament are the parables and miracles.
  《新约》则由寓言利奇闻趣事构成。
• Master often uses parables and stories to teach her disciples.
  师父常用寓言和故事来教育她的弟子。
• Nothing is truer than parables.
  没有什么能比寓言更真实了。
• Mt.13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, Why do You speak in parables to them?
  太十三10门徒进前来，对他说，你对众人讲话，为什么用比喻？
• 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。
• But putting parables aside, I am unable to understand how any one with a knowledge of mankind can imagine that the growth of science can threaten the development of art in any of its forms.
  但是，如果撇开比喻，我就不能理解，任何一个具有人类知识的人怎么能够想象科学的成长会以各种方式威胁艺术的发展。
• Neither can the mind be explained by similes and parables.
  思想也不能被明喻和寓言阐明。
• The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
  有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。