A story is told about a Swede who wanted to join Napoleon's Grand Army.有一篇故事讲的是一个要参加拿破仑大军的瑞典人。 He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairy tales.他看上去好象刚从我的童话故事书中走出来。 <辨析>这两个名词都可解作“故事”。story 是普通用语,可以指口头的或书面的、真实的或虚构的故事。story 还指“事迹”、“经历”。例如:The boy told him his story and also that of the girl upstairs.那个男孩向他诉说了自己的遭遇和楼上那个姑娘的遭遇。tale 是个有几分古风和诗意的词,它所叙述的多是幻想的或传说的故事,常译作“传说”或“神话”。应注意:tale 一般不指较短的“故事”。
与单词:tale 相关的例句或者名人名言
It is a tale replete with error.
这是一个充满错误的过程。
She told us many tales about when our father was a child.
她给我们讲了很多父亲小时候的故事。
※A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. 好故事百听不厌。 ※Believe no tales from the enemy. 切莫轻信敌人。 ※Dead men tell no tales. 死人不会搬弄是非。 ※Half a tale is enough for a wise man. 聪明人凡事只须听一半,就会明白究竟。 ※Hide one's talents in a napkin. 埋没自己的才能。 ※A man of great talents will surely be given important assignments. 大才必有大用. ※The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. 成功没有其它办法,只有好好工作而不存名利思想。 ※A good tale ill told is marred in the telling. 好故事还要讲得好。 ※A good tale is none the worse for being told twice. 好戏不厌两回看。/好故事百听不厌。 ※Fame is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent. 盛名殊誉乃德才之忌.