- an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment故事; 传说, 传奇：
an adventure story
一个冒险故事
I'm going to tell you a story.
我要给你讲一个故事。
- a plot or storyline情节：
the novel has a good story.
这部小说的情节非常好。
- a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast（报纸、杂志、新闻广播的）新闻报道, 记事：
stories in the local papers.
地方报纸的新闻报道。
- a piece of gossip; a rumour闲话; 谣言：
there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine.
你可以想象, 到处都流传着种种流言飞语。
- informal a false statement or explanation; a lie〈非正式〉假话; 错误的解释; 谎话：
Ellie never told stories - she had always believed in the truth.
埃莉从没说过谎, 她一直相信事实。
- an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something（对人的一生或事物发展所经历事情的）叙述, 描述：
the story of modern farming
现代农业发展史话
the film is based on a true story.
那部电影是根据一个真实的事件摄制的。
- a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter, especially as given in self-defence（尤指为自我辩护而作的）事实陈述：
during police interviews, Harper changed his story.
在与警方谈话时, 哈珀改了口。
- in sing. a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another内情, 实情, 详情：
having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story
有那样的信息是有用的, 但它并不能解决一切问题
many children with leukaemia now survive - twenty years ago it was a very different story.
现在许多得白血病的孩子都能存活, 但是20年前就完全不是这回事了。
the story
informal the facts about the present situation〈非正式〉当前实况：What's the story on this man? Is he from around here?
这名男子是怎么回事？他是这儿附近的吗？
- the commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company（公司的）商业前景, 商业现状：
profitable businesses with solid stories.
发展前景良好的有利可图的企业。
but that's another story
- informal used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now〈非正式〉但是那是另一回事。
end of story
- informal used to emphasize that there is nothing to add on a matter just mentioned〈非正式〉就是这个样子, 仅此而已：
Men don't cry in public. End of story.
男人不会在公共场合哭泣。就是这样。
it's a long story
- informal used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too painful and involved〈非正式〉说来话长, 一言难尽。
it's（或that's）the story of one's life
- informal used to lament the fact that a particular misfortune has happened too often in one's experience〈非正式〉那就是…经历的缩影。
the same old story
- used to indicate that a particular bad situation is tediously familiar老一套, 老样子：
United kept on trying but it was the same old story - no luck.
虽然联队一直在努力, 但还是老样子——运气不佳。
the story goes
- it is said or rumoured据说; 据谣传：
the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends.
据说他跟他的朋友们闹翻了。
to cut（或〈北美〉make）a long story short
- used to end an account of events quickly长话短说, 简而言之：
to cut a long story short, I married Stephen.
长话短说, 我和斯蒂芬结婚了。