Tale
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n. 传说，传言;（尤指充满惊险的）故事;坏话，谣言;〈古〉计算，总计;
📝 例句
Jack poured out his tale of misfortunes.
杰克倾诉自己的不幸遭遇。
Now come off it, Harry. It is the same old tale.
好了，不要吹牛皮了，哈里，又是那一套。
The essence of the tall tale was that it was told.
重要的是，这样的离奇故事到处都在讲。
It is a frankly barbaric tale.
这是一段赤裸裸的野蛮故事。
I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.
我离题太远了，我所要讲的故事主要不是关于鸡。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ ta-拼音“他”,le-拼音“乐”:他一乐起来就给大家讲故事
※ bale-捆,tale-故事:坐在一大捆稻草上面,听妈妈讲故事
※ tale-故事,stale-陈腐的:有些故事流传久了,就会变得陈腐
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
tale
n
1 narrative or story 故事: `fairy tales 神话
tales of adventure 冒险故事.
2 report spread by gossip, often false or invented 传言; 传闻; 流言蜚语
I've heard some odd tales about her. 我听到些关於她的怪事.
You hear all sorts of tales. 各种流言蜚语满天飞.
3 (idm 习语) dead men tell no tales => dead. live, etc to tell the tale => tell. an old wives' tale => old. tell its own tale => tell. tell tales => tell. thereby hangs a tale => hang1.
🎯 考研助记
他(ta)乐(le)听 传说和 故事 tale=tell a (story): 寓言
🔁 扩展释义
*[teil]n. 故事, 谎言, 谣言, 陈述, 叙述【法】 虚语, 诽语, 谣言相关词组: tell its own tale tell the tale a tale of a tub
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I lost it all.
我全输了。
That's a tough question to answer.
那是一个很难回答的问题。
for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.
房子实在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然执意长年住在那儿。