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a description of events and people that the writer or speaker has invented in order to entertain people （虚构的）故事；小说 a tragic love story 一段爱情悲剧 adventure/detective stories 冒险/侦探故事 a bedtime story 临睡前给小孩讲的故事 Shall I tell you a story? 我给你讲个故事好吗？ He read the children a story. 他给孩子们读了一则故事。 She writes poems and stories for children. 她为孩子们写诗和故事。 - story about somebody/something
a story about time travel 一部关于穿越时间旅行的小说 - story of somebody/something
The book tells the story of a man who leads a double life. 这本书讲述了一个过着双重生活的人的故事。 - in the story
What are the key events in the story? 故事中有哪些关键事件？
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
Homophones storey | storystorey storysee also detective story, fairy story, ghost story, horror story (1), short story- storey noun
There are splendid views from the tenth storey. 从第十层楼可以看到壮丽的景色。
- story noun
It's not real—it's just a story. 这不是真的——这只是一个故事。
Extra ExamplesTopics Literature and writinga1I always read the children a bedtime story. 孩子临睡前我总要给他们读个故事。 a collection of stories by modern writers 现代作家小说集 The story is set in India in the 1930s. 故事发生在 20 世纪 30 年代的印度。 The story opens with a man hiding from the police under a woman's skirt. 故事一开始，一个男子为了躲避警察而躲在一个女人的裙子下面。 The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds. 随着故事的展开，男主人公的动机变得越来越清晰。 My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime. 爸爸有时临睡前给我念故事。 The book contains stories from all over the world. 这本书包含了来自世界各地的故事。 Who was the story written by? 这个故事是谁写的？ The play tells the story of a young woman called Rosa. 该剧讲述了一个名叫罗莎的年轻女子的故事。 The simple moral of the story is that dreams will come true if you work hard. 这个故事的简单寓意是，只要你努力，梦想就会实现。 The story ended tragically. 故事以悲剧结尾。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true
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- read (somebody)
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- circulate
- go around
- go round
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- teller
- telling
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- according to a/the story
- story about
- story of
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- a fragment of a/the story
- a part of a/the story
- the rest of the story
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the series of events in a book, film, play, etc. （书籍、电影、戏剧等的）情节 Her novels always have the same basic story. 她的小说基本情节都一样。 The screenplay sticks to the original story. 该电影剧本完全忠实于原著。 The character's central story arc involves a difficult choice between love and duty. 这个角色的中心故事涉及爱情和责任之间的艰难选择。
Extra ExamplesThe film lacks a coherent story. 这部影片缺乏连贯的故事情节。 The film is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer. 这部影片讲述的是一个从赤贫到鉅富的故事：一名乡村女孩成了著名歌星。 The film tells the improbable story of a monkey that becomes a politician. 这部影片讲述了一个不可能发生的故事：一只猴子变成了一名政治家。
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an account of past events or of how something has developed 对往事的叙述 The film is based on a true story. 那部电影是根据一个真实的事件摄制的。 to recount/relate a story 叙述/讲述一个故事 - story of something/somebody
He told us the story of his life. 他对我们讲述了他的生活经历。 the story of the Beatles 披头士乐队的故事 the story of the building of the bridge 这座桥的建筑始末 - story behind something/somebody
Every piece of art has an interesting story behind it. 每件艺术品背后都有一个有趣的故事。
Extra Examplesthe epic story of a family's escape from war 一家人从战争中逃亡的漫长而艰辛的历程 the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs 明星酗酒吸毒的常见故事 The story of jazz is the story of modern America. 爵士乐的故事就是现代美国的故事。 The real story is much more interesting than the film version. 真实的故事比电影版有趣多了。 There are different versions of her story. 她的故事有不同的版本。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true
- plausible
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- collection
- hear
- read (somebody)
- write
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- circulate
- go around
- go round
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- teller
- telling
- line
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- story about
- story of
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- a fragment of a/the story
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an account, often spoken, of what happened to somebody or of how something happened （真实情况的）叙述，描述 The police didn't believe her story. 警方不相信她对事情的描述。 I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story. 我怀疑他没把全部真相告诉我们。 It was many years before the full story was made public. 许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。 The students were asked to share their stories. 学生们被要求分享他们的故事。 - story about something/somebody
We must stick to our story about the accident. 对事故的说法我们必须一口咬定，再不改口。 We all hear stories about young people leaving the countryside. 我们都听说过年轻人离开农村的故事。 - story of something/somebody
It's a story of courage. 这件事真体现了勇气。 I can't decide until I've heard both sides of the story. 双方的说法都听了以后我才能作决定。 Many years later I returned to Africa but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now). 多年以后我又重返非洲，不过这是后话了。
Synonyms reportreportsee also cock and bull story, cover story (2), hard-luck story, horror story (2), life story, shaggy-dog story, sob story, success story, tall story- story
- account
- version
- report a written or spoken account of an event, especially one that is published or broadcast:
Are these newspaper reports true? 报纸上这些报道属实吗？
- story an account, often spoken, of what happened to somebody or of how something happened; a report of events in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast:
It was many years before the full story was made public. 许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。 the front-page story 头版报道
- account a written or spoken description of something that has happened:
She gave the police a full account of the incident. 她向警方详尽地叙述了所发生的事情。
report or account? 用 report 还是 account？ - version a description of an event from the point of view of a particular person or group of people:
She gave us her version of what had happened that day. 她从她的角度向我们描述了那天发生的事情。
- a report/story about something
- a brief/short report/story/account
- a full report/story/account/version
- a news report/story
- to give a(n) report/account/version
Extra Examples‘How come you've only got one shoe on?’ ‘It's a long story.’ “你怎么只穿了一只鞋？”“说起来话可就长了。” A story was going around that the factory was in line for closure. 关于这家工厂要关门的说法在到处流传。 According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river. 按照雷切尔的说法，他们把钥匙扔到河里了。 At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident. 起初他否认一切，但后来又改变说法，说这是一场意外事故。 She told the police a false story about being attacked. 她向警方谎称自己遭到袭击。 Stories abound of vandalism and looting. 破坏和抢劫财物的故事多得很。 There is one popular story in the town of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest. 镇里流传着一个故事：森林里住着一只食人猫。 We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story. 我们难以把她的故事片段串联起来。 We swapped stories about our worst teachers. 我们交流了关于最差老师的故事。 lurid stories of politicians' sexual adventures 关于政客桃色事件的耸人听闻的报道 scare stories about the harmful effects of the vaccination 关于疫苗接种负面作用的耸人听闻的报道 the story of his arrest 他被捕的消息 He's been spreading malicious stories about you. 他在散布关于你的谣言。 His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection. 他一生遭遇的都是背叛和抛弃。 The moral of this story is that you should never take things for granted. 这个故事的寓意是永远不要想当然。 The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower. 官方说法是该歌手在洗澡时摔断了胳膊。 The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story. 老师没听我辩解就惩罚了我。 This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit. 这个故事说明赊账度日的危险。 What's the story on the trial? 审判有什么故事？ All of them had an interesting story to tell. 他们都有一个有趣的故事要讲。 Answers can take any form from personal stories to poems. 答案可以采取任何形式，从个人故事到诗歌。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- true
- plausible
- false
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- collection
- hear
- read (somebody)
- write
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- circulate
- go around
- go round
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- teller
- telling
- line
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- according to a/the story
- story about
- story of
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- a fragment of a/the story
- a part of a/the story
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a report in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast 新闻报道 a front-page story 头版报道 Now for a summary of tonight's main news stories. 现在是今晚主要新闻综述。 Let's check the top stories right now. 现在让我们来看看头条新闻。 the two biggest stories of the day 今天最大的两个故事 He was covering the story for the ‘Glasgow Herald’. 他当时在为《格拉斯哥先驱报》作报道。
Extra ExamplesWe'll have more on this breaking story as developments come in to us. 随着对事态发展的了解，我们将会继续报道这一突发新闻。 The story broke in January. 这个消息是 1 月份传出来的。 The New York Times broke the story and others picked it up. 《纽约时报》首先报道了这一消息，后来其他报纸纷纷跟进。 We will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest developments. 我们将持续跟踪这一事件，为您带来最新进展的报道。 The magazine chose the peace process as its cover story. 这期杂志将和平进程选作封面故事。 The magazine gives the inside story of life in a rock band. 该杂志刊登了有关一支摇滚乐队生活的内幕报道。 The biggest story of the day was the signing of the peace agreement. 当天最大的新闻是和平协议的签订。 National Geographic ran a feature story on dinosaurs. 《国家地理》杂志刊登了一篇关于恐龙的专题报道。 More than one correspondent filed a story about the incident. 不止一名记者发稿报道这起事件。 He's covering the story in Gaza for CNN. 他正在加沙为美国有线电视新闻网作报道。 Full story on page 3. 详尽报道见第 3 页。 Every newspaper carried the story. 每家报纸都登载了这则报道。 And now back to our top story tonight… 现在回到我们今晚的头条新闻⋯ This interview may be the biggest story of his career. 这次采访可能是他职业生涯中最大的故事。 No newspaper would publish the story. 没有报纸会刊登这个故事。 Le Monde ran the story on the front page. 《世界报》在头版刊登了这个故事。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
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- write
- carry
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- story about
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something that somebody says which is not true 谎言；假话 - (US English) (British English storey)
a level of a building; a floor 楼层
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a historical account or representation): shortening of Anglo-Norman French estorie, from Latin historia from Greek historia ‘finding out, narrative, history’, from histōr ‘learned, wise man’, from an Indo-European root shared by wit ‘have knowledge’.
Idioms
a likely story
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used to show that you do not believe what somebody has said （表示不相信某人的话）说得好像真有这回事似的，煞有介事 You just found it lying in the street? A likely story! 你刚刚发现它躺在街上？一个可能的故事！ He said he'd met Rihanna. A likely story. 他说他见过蕾哈娜。一个可能的故事。
(to cut a) long story short (British English)
(North American English (to make a) long story short)
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used when you are saying that you will get to the point of what you are saying quickly, without including all the details 长话短说；扼要地说；简而言之 To cut a long story short, we didn’t get home until 3 in the morning! 长话短说，我们直到凌晨3点才到家！ Anyway, long story short: we had this argument and I haven't seen him since. 总之长话短说:我们有过这样的争吵，从那以后我再也没见过他。
the (same) old story
pitch a story/line/yarn (to somebody)
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to tell somebody a story or make an excuse that is not true （对某人）编谎话
the story goes (that)… | so the story goes
tell a different story/tale
to give some information that is different from what you expect or have been told 说的情况迥然不同；讲出来的是另一回事 These drugs are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story. 这些药物被广泛认为是有效的药物。然而，这些数据讲述了一个不同的故事。
tell its own tale/story
that’s the story of my life
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when you say that’s the story of my life about a bad experience you have had, you mean you have had many similar experiences 我就是这个命（表示一生中有很多类似的不幸经历） Another missed opportunity—that’s the story of my life! 又一个错失的机会——这就是我的人生故事！ Out of work with no money—that's the story of my life. 失业在家而且身无分文 － 我就是这个命。