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

• He spoke to them in parables, at some length.
  他用比喻向他们讲了许多道理。
• 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。
• And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
  又对他们说，你们不明白这比喻吗。这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢。
• In the New Testament are the parables and miracles.
  《新约》则由寓言利奇闻趣事构成。
• Nothing is truer than parables.
  没有什么能比寓言更真实了。
• A note on this parable: In our study of some of the earlier parables ( Mt13), we said that each parable usually has one major point.
  关于这个比喻的注释：我们以前学习过耶稣的一些比喻（太13章），我们说那里的每一个比喻都有一个要旨。
• 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。
• When Jesus had finished these parables he left that place.
  耶稣说完了这些比喻，就离开那里。
• We may recall from our earlier study of parables that Jesus usually makes one main point in each parable.
  从前面对比喻的学习可以看出，耶稣的每一个比喻中都有一个中心意思。