parable
/ˈpærəbl/noun
- a simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by Jesus in the Gospels道德小故事; 说教性寓言。
词源
Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense 'discourse, allegory' of Latin parabola 'comparison', from Greek parabolē. （see PARABOLA）.