parable

英 [ˈpærəbl]

美 [ˈpærəbl]

n.  (尤指《圣经》中的)寓言故事

复数：parables　

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指《圣经》中的）寓言故事
  a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of those told by Jesus as recorded in the Bible

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。

英英释义

noun

• a short moral story (often with animal characters)
  Synonym:fableallegoryapologue
• (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message
  1. the parable of the prodigal son

双语例句

• And his disciples questioned him as to what this parable might be.
  门徒问这比喻是什么意思。
• I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details
  我开始讲那则寓言，并编造了些对话，加了些细节对其进行润色。
• The parable of the talents contains a timely warning for the gold market.
  圣经中一个有关人才的寓言故事给黄金市场提出了及时的警告。
• This short parable comes in a group given in the last week of Christ's earthly ministry.
  这个简短的比喻，是主耶稣在世事奉最后一周时，用来教训众人的众多比喻中的一个。
• Jn. 16:29 His disciples said, Behold, now You are speaking plainly and not saying any parable.
  约十六29门徒说，看哪，如今你是明说，不是用比喻说了。
• And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be?
  门徒问耶稣说，这比喻是什么意思呢。
• And we talked about the parable of the wheat and the tare.
  我们谈到了关于麦子和稗子的比喻。
• This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
  这比喻乃是这样：种子就是神的道。
• Then answered Peter and said unto him, declare unto us this parable.
  彼得对耶稣说、请将这比喻讲给我们听。
• With this as background, we can understand some details of the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican.
  经由这样的背景，我们再看法利赛人和酒馆老板的寓言故事，便可以弄懂一些细节。