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| 1 | an account of something that happened. Stories can be imaginary , traditional , or true （真实或虚构的）故事，叙述 |
| She’ s written several children’ s stories. 她写了几个童话故事。 |
| The book is about the discovery of DNA – it’ s a marvellous story. 斯托蒙特大楼（即北爱尔兰议会大厦） |
| +about a story about a beautiful princess and a frog 关于一位美丽的公主和一只青蛙的故事 |
| read/tell a story She was reading a story to the children. 她在给孩子们读一个故事。 |
| detective/love/adventure story a passionate love story with a happy ending 一个充满激情、结局圆满的爱情故事 |
| | 1a | an account of events in a newspaper report or news programme 新闻报道 | | news story And now for a recap of tonight’ s main news stories. 现在简要地回顾一下今晚新闻的主要内容。 | | front-page story The murder was a front-page story in the local newspaper. 这起谋杀是当地报纸的头版新闻。 | |
| | 1b | an account of something , for example someone’ s life 事迹；记事；背景情况 | | +of The film is the story of their friendship. 这部电影讲的是他们之间的友谊。 | | the story behind sth The book reveals the story behind this traditional dance. 这本书讲述了这种传统舞蹈背后的故事。 | |
| | 1c | a spoken account of something that happened to you （自己经历之事的）口头叙述 | | Have you heard his story about the time he met the Queen? 你听说他遇见女王的事了吗？ | |
| | 1d | the events in a book , film etc （小说、电影等的）情节 | | The special effects were good, but the story was boring. 特技效果不错，但故事情节很乏味。 | |
| | 1e | if people swap stories, they tell each other about things that have happened to them 互相交流自己的经历 | |
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| 2 | an excuse or reason that is not true 谎言；虚假的借口 |
| Do you expect me to believe that ridiculous story? 你指望我相信你那可笑的谎言吗？ |
| He’ s concocted an elaborate story about where he was that night. 他已经为自己那天晚上的去向精心编造了一套谎话。 |
| | 2a | to give a different explanation from the one that you gave before 改变说法；改口 | | When police questioned him again, he changed his story. 当警察再次讯问他时，他改了口。 | |
| | 2b | something that you do not think is true 自己觉得不属实的事 | |
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| 3 | something that people are talking about that may not be true 传闻；传说；谣传 |
| There are stories going around that they are having an affair. 风传他们之间有暧昧关系。 |
| I heard a story that he had moved to Australia. 我听说他已移居澳大利亚。 |
| The President has refused to confirm or deny the story. 这位总统拒绝证实或否认这个传闻。 |
| 4the AMERICAN spelling ofstorey单词storey 的美式拼法 |
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| - | be another/a different story spoken
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| 1 | to be completely different 情况完全不同 | It’ s very well organized this year, but last year was a different story. 今年组织得非常好，但去年则完全不同。 | |
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| 2 | to not be relevant 不相关；是另一回事 |
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| - | it’ s a long story spoken
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| used for saying that you do not want to talk about something because it is complicated |
| 说来话长（用于表示不想谈论一件很复杂的事） |
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| - | it’ s the same old story spoken
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| used for saying that a bad situation has often happened before |
| 又是老一套（用于表示目前的糟糕情况以前经常出现） |
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| - | (it’ s the) story of my life humorous
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| used when talking about something bad that happens to you often |
| 我总是这样倒霉 |
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| I meet a nice man and he’ s already married – story of my life. 我遇到一个不错的男人，可他已经结了婚，我总是这么倒霉。 |
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| - | to cut a long story short spoken
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| used for saying that you are not going to give all the details |
| 长话短说，简而言之（用于表示不想列举所有的细枝末节） |
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| - | your side of the story
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| your account of what happened, when someone else gives a different account |
| 自己的描述；自己的说法 |
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| I’ d like to hear his side of the story as well. 我也想听听他对这件事的说法。 |
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| Words frequently used with story | | story 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | concoct, invent, make up, read, recount, relate, swap, tell, write, | 1 | | | |
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