1. | ~ (about/of sth/sb) （虚构的）故事；小说a description of events and people that the writer or speaker has invented in order to entertain people |
adventure/detective/love, etc. stories 历险、侦探、爱情等小说 | |
a story about time travel 一部关于穿越时间旅行的小说 | |
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。 | |
a bedtime story 临睡前给小孩讲的故事 |
2. | ~ (about/of sth/sb) （真实情况的）叙述，描述an account, often spoken, of what happened to sb or of how sth happened |
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 police didn't believe her story. 警方不相信她对事情的描述。 | |
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。 | |
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。 | |
It's a story of courage. 这件事真体现了勇气。 | |
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。 |
3. | 对往事的叙述an account of past events or of how sth has developed |
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 披头士乐队的传奇故事 | |
the story of the building of the bridge 这座桥的建筑始末 |
4. | 新闻报道a report in a newspaper, magazine or news broadcast |
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。 |
5. | （书籍、电影、戏剧等的）情节the series of events in a book, film/movie, play, etc. |
Her novels always have the same basic story. 她的小说基本情节都一样。 |
6. | (informal) 谎言；假话something that sb says which is not true |
She knew the child had been telling stories again. 她知道这孩子又在说谎了。 |
