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a description of events （尤指小说中的）描述，叙述 a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon 他们沿亚马孙河而上的扣人心弦的描述 a collection of personal narratives 个人故事集 She has woven a strong personal narrative filled with lively anecdotes. 她编织了一个充满趣闻佚事、令人难忘的个人故事。 a historical narrative of the United States 美国的历史叙述 The film lacks a coherent, compelling narrative. 这部电影缺乏连贯、引人注目的叙述。
Collocations LiteratureLiterature 文学 Being a writer 当作家 - write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a novel/a review/an autobiography
写／发表文学作品／诗集／小说／书／故事／诗歌／长篇小说／评论／自传 - become a writer/novelist/playwright
成为作家／小说家／剧作家 - find/have a publisher/an agent
找到／有出版商／代理人 - have a new book out
出版一部新书 - edit/revise/proofread a book/text/manuscript
编辑／修订／校对书／文章／原稿 - dedicate a book/poem to…
把一本书／一首诗献给…
Plot, character and atmosphere 情节、人物和氛围 - construct/create/weave/weave something into a complex narrative
构思／创作／编写／把某事编成一部复杂的叙事小说 - advance/drive the plot
推进故事情节的发展 - introduce/present the protagonist/a character
介绍主人公／一个人物 - describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(somebody as) a hero/villain
描述人物／英雄／坏蛋；把一个人物描绘成…；把某人描绘成英雄／坏蛋 - create an exciting/a tense atmosphere
营造一种令人兴奋／紧张的气氛 - build/heighten the suspense/tension
制造／增加悬念／紧张气氛 - evoke/capture the pathos of the situation
唤起对这种状况的同情 - convey emotion/an idea/an impression/a sense of…
传达…情感／思想；给人…印象／感觉 - engage the reader
吸引读者 - seize/capture/grip the (reader’s) imagination
抓住（读者的）想象力 - arouse/elicit emotion/sympathy (in the reader)
唤起（读者的）情感／同情 - lack imagination/emotion/structure/rhythm
缺乏想象力／情感／精心组织／节奏感
Language, style and imagery 语言、风格和形象语言 - use/employ language/imagery/humour/(US English) humor/an image/a symbol/a metaphor/a device
使用语言／形象语言／幽默／意象／象征／暗喻／手段 - use/adopt/develop a style/technique
使用／采用／形成一种风格／技巧 - be rich in/be full of symbolism
富含象征意义 - evoke images of…/a sense of…/a feeling of…
唤起…的形象／感觉 - create/achieve an effect
创造／取得效果 - maintain/lighten the tone
维持／缓和基调 - introduce/develop an idea/a theme
引入／发展一种思想／一个主题 - inspire a novel/a poet/somebody’s work/somebody’s imagination
促成小说的创作；给诗人以灵感；促成某人作品的诞生；激发某人的想象力
Reading and criticism 阅读与评论 - read an author/somebody’s work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
读一个作家的作品／某人的著作／小说／诗集／一篇文章／一首诗／一部小说／一个章节／一段文章 - review a book/a novel/somebody’s work
评论一本书／一部小说／某人的作品 - give something/get/have/receive a good/bad review
给予／得到好评／恶评 - be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
被誉为一部杰作 - quote a(n) phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
引用一个短语／一行诗／一节诗／一段文章／作者的话 - provoke/spark discussion/criticism
引发讨论／评论 - study/interpret/understand a text/passage
研读／解读／理解一篇文章／一段文章 - translate somebody’s work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem
翻译某人的作品／一篇文章／一段文章／一部小说／一首诗
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writingb1the grand narratives of history 对历史的宏伟叙述 events in the narrative 叙述中的事件 People have always tried to create narratives through stories and painting. 人们总是试图通过故事和绘画来创造叙事。 Wong's character is a key part of the narrative. 黄西的性格是故事的关键部分。 The movie has a very traditional linear narrative. 这部电影采用了很传统的线性叙述方式。 It's difficult to construct a narrative out of a series of fast-moving events. 很难把纷繁更迭的众多事件构建成一个故事。 The book includes a collection of personal narratives from elderly Kikuyu women and men. 这本书收集了基库尤族老年男女的个人故事。 The author interrupts her narrative to tell us that the idea for the book had not been well received. 作者打断了她的叙述，告诉我们这本书的创作构思以前并不受欢迎。 The author weaves into this narrative many entertaining historical facts. 作者将许多有趣的史实编进了这一叙述中。 This book offers no coherent narrative of the American Civil War. 这本书并没有对美国内战进行连贯的叙述。 the dominant narrative of the Cold War 对冷战的主要叙述 We need to think differently about the standard historical narrative of the United States. 我们需要对美国的标准历史叙事进行不同的思考。 This poetry emulates the slave narrative, a nineteenth century literary form. 这首诗模仿了奴隶叙事，一种十九世纪的文学形式。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- popular
- compelling
- coherent
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- construct
- create
- develop
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- be based on something
- form
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- in a/the narrative
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the part of a novel that tells the story, rather than the dialogue 叙事： 小说中讲述故事而不是对话的部分The novel contains too much dialogue and not enough narrative. 这部小说对话过多，而叙述不足。 The book is written in the style of first-person narrative. 这本书是以第一人称写的。 interruptions to the narrative flow 叙事流的中断
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- popular
- compelling
- coherent
- …
- construct
- create
- develop
- …
- be based on something
- form
- style
- technique
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- in a/the narrative
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a way of explaining events to illustrate a set of aims or values 叙述： 一种解释事件以说明一组目标或价值的方法a new narrative about economic globalization 关于经济全球化的新叙述 How do we construct a new narrative about economic globalization? 我们如何构建关于经济全球化的新叙事？ Politicians create narrative from scant facts on a daily basis. 政客们每天都在根据不充分的事实创造故事。
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French narratif, -ive, from late Latin narrativus ‘telling a story’, from the verb narrare (from gnarus ‘knowing’).