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a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary （长篇）小说 to write/publish/read a novel 创作／发表／阅读长篇小说 detective/historical/romantic novels 侦探／历史／言情小说 the novels of Jane Austen 简 · 奥斯汀的小说 Her latest novel is set in Cornwall. 她的最新小说以康沃尔为背景。 a best-selling novel 畅销小说 Highsmith's debut novel was a bestseller in 1949. 海史密斯的处女作是1949年的畅销书。
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 writinga2Her first novel was finally accepted for publication. 她的第一本小说最终获得接受出版。 I took a copy of a Graham Greene novel on the train with me. 我乘火车时随身携带了一本格雷厄姆・格林的小说。 One day I'm going to write the great American novel. 有一天我会写出美国最优秀的小说。 Samuel Richardson's novels are all epistolary in form. 塞缪尔・理查森的小说都是书信体的。 She completed her first novel at the age of 53. 她 53 岁时完成了第一部小说。 The novel was based on a true life story. 这部小说是根据真人真事写成的。 The novel was set in a small town in France. 这部小说的故事发生在法国的一个小镇。 a novel about growing up 一部关于成长的小说 a prize for the best first novel of the year 年度最佳小说处女作奖 adapting the novel for television 把小说改编成电视剧 his critically acclaimed novel 他受评论家推崇的小说 the events that inspired the novel 给这部小说带来创作灵感的事件 His first novel was published in 1934. 他的第一部小说于1934年出版。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hardback
- hardcover
- paperback
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- copy
- produce
- write
- publish
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- be based on something
- be set
- take place
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- novel about
- the novel[singular]
the type of literature that novels represent 小说： 小说所代表的文学类型The novel is the most adaptable of all literary forms. 小说是一切文学形式中最容易改编的形式。
Word Originnoun mid 16th cent.: from Italian novella (storia) ‘new (story)’, feminine of novello ‘new’, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’. The word is also found from late Middle English until the 18th cent. in the sense ‘a novelty, a piece of news’, from Old French novelle, from Latin novellus, from novus ‘new’.