基本释义
- n.
- 传说，传言; （尤指充满惊险的）故事; 坏话，谣言; 〈古〉计算，总计
词性变化
- 复数:tales;
实用例句
Dickens' ‘A Tale of Two Cities ’
狄更斯的《双城记》
牛津词典
a fairy/moral/romantic, etc. tale
童话、寓言、爱情故事等
牛津词典
I love listening to his tales of life at sea.
我喜欢听他讲述他的海上生活。
牛津词典
I've heard tales of people seeing ghosts in that house.
我听说有人在那栋房子里见到过鬼。
牛津词典
The team's tale of woe continued on Saturday (= they lost another match) .
上星期六这支队又遭败绩。
牛津词典
Her experiences provide a cautionary tale (= a warning) for us all.
她的经历成了我们大家的前车之鉴。
牛津词典
...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
由短篇故事、诗歌和传说汇成的作品集
Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.
《城市故事》的第一、二集将于星期二两集连播。
The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
媒体上尽是星期一发生的地震所带来的恐惧和损失的报道。
...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies.
总是兴高采烈地描述着股票价格飙升和新资本源源不断注入房地产公司的房地产分析师
You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？
I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
我犹豫了，不想说同事的坏话。
I'll be revenged on the whole lot of you for this.
这个仇我是要报的,你们一个也逃不了.
期刊摘选
They can't work off that tale on us.
他们那套鬼话骗不了我们.
《简明英汉词典》
What he said sounded like a fairy tale.
他说的听上去简直像一篇神话.
《简明英汉词典》
There is no denying his tale.
他说的话是无可否认的.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
It is nothing but a traveller's tale.
这只不过是海外奇谈.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
A pat tale aroused a big laugh.
一个贴切适时的故事引起一阵大笑.
《简明英汉词典》
The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.
讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节,孩子们都听得入迷了.
《简明英汉词典》
Thereby hangs a tale.
其中有点蹊跷[必有原因].
《现代英汉综合大词典》
A long tale gives a child fidgets.
太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?
你想我会相信那个荒谬绝伦的谎言 吗 ?
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour.
他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事.
《简明英汉词典》
Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.
每一个幸存者都有一番恐怖的经历可讲.
《简明英汉词典》
Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?
有人能讲童话故事 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
It's a tragic tale.
这是一个凄惨的故事.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.
她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事.
《简明英汉词典》
a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer
有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia.
简·罗伯茨编了一个引人入胜的故事，诱骗一位年轻女性进入了黑手党的地盘。
柯林斯例句
Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.
罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。
柯林斯例句
真题例句
This is Aesop, the fabulist , the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships, He says.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文The word serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who 4twere always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BVenus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CAlong the way are tales of kings and queens, hot air balloons...and monkeys in space.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文I once wrote a paper on the influence of fairy tales on Roald Dahl's writing and it gave me a new appreciation for his strange and delightful words.
2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文Send us a tale about the strange behaviour of unique pets or wildlife in up 300 words.
2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文These problems partly involve Brooks's attempt to translate his tale into science.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文英英释义
1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
"his narrative was interesting"
"Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
2. a trivial lie;
"he told a fib about eating his spinach"
"how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
同义词辨析
novel, romance, fiction, story, fable, tale
这些名词均含"小说，故事"之意。