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story noun 1account of events/people, true or invented 故事；叙述ADJECTIVE | ... OF STORIES | VERB + STORY | STORY + VERB | STORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEtrue 真实的故事plausible 貌似合理的故事false, made-up 虚假的／编造的故事◆She told the police a false story about being attacked.她向警方谎称自己遭到袭击。fictional, real-life 虚构的／真实的故事untold 未曾透露的故事published 出版的故事◆his first published short story他出版的第一篇短篇小说apocryphal 杜撰的故事cock and bull, tall (especially BrE) 荒唐的解释；荒诞的故事◆No one would believe such a tall story.如此荒诞不经的故事没有人会相信。official 官方说法◆The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower.官方说法是该歌手在洗澡时摔断了胳膊。personal 个人经历wild 匪夷所思的故事convincing 令人信服的故事compelling, dramatic, exciting, fantastic, fascinating, good, great, interesting, intriguing, nice, touching, wonderful 引人入胜的故事；激动人心的故事；有趣的故事；感人的故事amazing, bizarre, colourful/colorful, crazy (especially NAmE) , extraordinary, incredible, outrageous, remarkable, strange 令人惊讶的／怪诞的／丰富多彩的／离奇的／异乎寻常的／令人难以置信的／骇人听闻的／引人瞩目的／奇怪的故事inspirational, inspiring 启发灵感的／鼓舞人心的故事amusing, entertaining, feel-good, funny 好笑的／妙趣横生的／令人愉快的／滑稽的故事epic 史诗般的故事◆the epic story of a family's escape from war一家人从战争中逃亡的漫长而艰辛的历程complex, elaborate 复杂的／详尽的故事straightforward 直截了当的说法awful, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tragic 可怕的故事；令人不快的故事；令人震惊的故事；悲惨的故事sorry (especially BrE) 悲惨的故事◆His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection.他一生遭遇的都是背叛和抛弃。depressing, heart-rending, moving, poignant, sad 沉闷的／令人心碎的／感人的／心酸的／伤感的故事well-known 尽人皆知的故事familiar 常见的故事◆the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs明星酗酒吸毒的常见故事popular 广为流传的故事◆There is one popular story in the town of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest.镇里流传着一个故事：森林里住着一只食人猫。life, success 生平事迹；成功历程◆She told them her life story.她给他们讲述了自己的人生故事。coming-of-age, coming-out, rags-to-riches 关于长大成人的／初入社交界的／从赤贫到巨富的故事◆The movie is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer.这部影片讲述的是一个从赤贫到巨富的故事：一名乡村女孩成了著名歌星。hard-luck, sob (both disapproving) 倒霉的／煽情的故事◆He was boring people with more of his hard-luck stories.他又在用他那些不幸遭遇来烦人了。◆She gave me some sob story about losing her credit cards.她向我诉说了自己丢失信用卡的不幸经历。coherent 连贯的故事◆The movie lacks a coherent story.这部影片缺乏连贯的故事情节。entire, full, whole 整个故事；完整的故事；全部真相◆I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story.我怀疑他没把全部真相告诉我们。short 短篇小说◆a collection of short stories短篇小说集original 原著◆The screenplay sticks to the original story.该电影剧本完全忠实于原著。back (usually backstory) 背景故事◆The writers have to create backstories for their characters.作家必须为他们笔下的人物编写背景故事。children's 儿童故事classic 经典故事bedtime （给儿童讲的）睡前故事adventure, Bible, biblical, crime, detective, fairy (especially BrE) , ghost, horror, love, spy, etc. 历险故事、《圣经》故事、罪案故事、侦探小说、童话故事、鬼故事、恐怖故事、爱情故事、间谍小说等... OF STORIEScollection 故事集◆a collection of stories by modern writers现代作家小说集VERB + STORYhear 听故事read (sb) 给（某人）念故事◆My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime.爸爸有时临睡前给我念故事。write 写小说narrate, recount, relate, retell, tell (sb) 讲述故事；叙述故事；复述故事；（给某人）讲故事embellish, embroider 给故事添加细节；润色故事believe 相信说法◆The police didn't believe her story.警察不相信她的说法。stick to 坚持说法◆We must stick to our story about the accident.我们必须坚持关于这个事故的说法。change 改变说法◆At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident.起初他否认一切，但后来又改变说法，说这是一场意外事故。share (with sb), swap （与某人）交流故事◆We swapped stories about our worst teachers.我们交流了关于最差老师的故事。spread 传播故事publish 发表小说STORY + VERBcirculate, go around, go round (especially BrE) , spread 故事流传；故事传播开来◆A story was going around that the factory was in line for closure.关于这家工厂要关门的说法在到处流传。abound 故事很多◆Stories abound of vandalism and looting.破坏和抢劫财物的故事多得很。emerge 故事发生begin, open, start 故事开始◆The story opens with a man hiding from the police.故事一开始，一个男子正躲避警察的追捕。progress, unfold 故事发展／展开◆The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds.随着故事的展开，男主人公的动机变得越来越清晰。end 故事结束be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (especially NAmE) 故事叫做⋯；故事题为⋯be set in... 故事以⋯为背景◆The story is set in India in the 1930s.故事发生在 20 世纪 30 年代的印度。be based on sth 小说根据⋯写成concern sth, involve sth, revolve around sth 故事讲述⋯／涉及⋯／围绕⋯contain sth 故事包含⋯illustrate sth 故事说明⋯◆This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit.这个故事说明赊账度日的危险。STORY + NOUNteller (usually storyteller) 讲故事者telling (usually storytelling) 讲故事line (usually storyline) 故事情节◆His novels always have the same basic storyline.他的小说总是有着相同的基本情节。PREPOSITIONaccording to a/the story 根据故事情节story about 关于⋯的故事◆a story about time travel关于时光旅行的故事story of ⋯的故事◆the story of the Beatles甲壳虫乐队的故事◆a story of moral redemption道德救赎的故事PHRASESa fragment of a/the story, a part of a/the story 故事片段◆We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story.我们难以把她的故事片段串联起来。the rest of the story 故事的尾声but that's another story 但那是后话◆Many years later I returned to Africa－but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now).许多年后我重返非洲，不过那是后话了。(that's) a likely story (ironic) 说得跟真的似的◆He said he'd met Madonna. A likely story.他说他见过麦当娜，说得跟真的似的。it's a long story 一言难尽；说来话长◆'How come you only have one shoe on?' 'It's a long story.'“你怎么只穿了一只鞋？”“说起来话可就长了。”sb's half of the story, sb's side of the story 某人的说法◆The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story.老师没听我辩解就惩罚了我。tell a different story 根本不是这么回事◆Antidepressants are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.抗抑郁药被广泛认为很有效果，可数据显示根本不是这么回事。the moral of the story 故事的寓意◆The moral of this story is that you should never take things for granted.这个故事的寓意是永远不要想当然。the story goes (that...) (used to describe what people are saying although it may not be correct) 据说（⋯）◆She never saw him again－or so the story goes.她再没见过他 － 据说是这样。the story of my life 我的命运◆Out of work with no money－that's the story of my life.失业在家而且身无分文 － 我就是这个命。to cut a long story short, to make a long story short 长话短说◆Anyway, to cut a long story short (= not to give all the details), we had this argument and I haven't seen him since.不管怎样，长话短说吧，我们发生了争执，那以后我就再也没有见过他。a version of a story 某件事的一种说法◆According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river.按照雷切尔的说法，他们把钥匙扔到河里了。 |