tales
英 ['teɪliːz]
美
n. (尤指充满惊险的)故事; 历险记; (精彩但不一定完全真实的)讲述，叙述
tale的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES (常包含魔法或惊险内容的)传说，故事
Ataleis a story, often involving magic or exciting events.- ...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。
- ...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
- N-COUNT (对真人真事精彩的或夸张的)描述，讲述
You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as atale.- 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
- The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
- See also:fairy taleold wives’ taletall tale
- PHRASE 大难不死;逃过劫难;幸免于难
If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that youlived to tell the tale.- 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？
- You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
- See also:I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.tell-tale
双语例句
- He remained fascinated by the Aboriginals 'tales.
他一直对澳大利亚土著居民的传说极感兴趣。 - You must take her tales of the past with a grain of salt.
她所讲的自己的过去你绝不可全信。 - The slavers have found us! Dead men tell no tales!
奴隶们发现我们了！他们死了就不会说话了！ - When the company went under, tales of his extravagance surged through the industry.
公司破产后，有关他铺张浪费的种种传闻传遍了整个行业。 - He was constantly regaled with tales of woe.
别人老是给他讲些倒霉事儿来逗他开心。 - But the world is also scattered with tales of roof catchment failures& and academics who say its potential for ending water insecurity is oversold.
但是全世界也存在着屋顶集水失败的故事&而且也有学术人士说它结束水不安全的潜力被夸大了。 - Newspaper columns were full of scandalous tales
报纸专栏充斥着丑闻故事。 - To share our great treasures and tales of asia.
和他们分享亚洲的财宝和故事。 - 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。 - Two of Andersen's fairy tales are related to China.
两个安徒生童话故事和中国有关。