单词 | story |
释义 | story¹ 1.(tale)故事 Do you know any good ghost stories?你知道什么精彩的鬼故事么? to tell sb a story给某人讲故事 I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits.我给你讲个四只小兔子的故事。 2.(account)叙述;讲述 I told her the story of my life.我给她讲了我的人生经历。 She's rather changed her story since then about what happened.自那以后, 她对所发生的事情全然换了说法。 We're going to have to get our story straight or the cops will be suspicious.我们必须统一口径, 否则警察会怀疑的。 what's the story?怎么回事? that's the story of my life!这就是我的人生! 3.(storyline)(书、电影等的)故事情节 4.【传媒】(piece of news)新闻报道 Those are some of the top stories in the news.这些是其中几条要闻。 I planned to run a story on the opening of the new arts centre.我计划播出一条关于新艺术中心开馆的报道。 They'll do anything for a story.他们为抢到新闻会不择手段。 front-page news stories头版新闻 5.(material, subject; for author)题材;素材 6.(lie)谎言;谎话 What a story! I don't believe a word of it.好大的谎啊!我一个字也不信。 He invented some story about a cousin.他编造了自己有位堂兄如何如何的谎话。 7.<尤美>=storey 8.but that's another story不过那是另外一回事了(表示此时虽然提及某事, 但不详谈) I'd met him at a dance I'd gone to on my own. But that's another story.我自己去参加一个舞会时遇见了他。不过那又是另外一码事了。 9.to cut a long story short<英> to make a long story short<美>长话短说;简而言之 To cut a long story short, I ended up as managing director.总而言之, 我最后成了一名常务董事。 10.a different story另一回事, 不同的情况(尤指糟糕的情况) Where we live, the rents are fairly cheap, but a little further north it's a different story.我们住的地方房租很便宜, 但是再往北一点情况就完全不同了。 11.not the whole story不是事情的全部 This may be true but it is not the whole story.这可能是真的, 但不是事情的全部。 12.the same old storyorthe old story<非正式>老一套(表示不好的事情似乎总是重复发生) It's the same old story.又是那老一套。 13.sb's side of the story某人的一家之言;某人的说法 He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story.他甚至还没有听听她的说法就已经打定了主意。 14.the story goes据说 the story goes that …据说… The story goes that he was a bit of an expert on cooking.据说他在做饭上也算是个能手。 as the story goes据说;如人们所说 In the beginning, as the story goes, God created the universe.据说, 最初上帝创造了宇宙。 so the story goes据说如此 story² |
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