parables

英 [ˈpærəblz]

美 [ˈpɛrəbəlz]

n.  (尤指《圣经》中的)寓言故事
parable的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （《圣经》等中的）寓言故事
  Aparableis a short story, which is told in order to make a moral or religious point, like those in the Bible.
  1. ...the parable of the Good Samaritan...
     “好撒马利亚人”的寓言
  2. The story is a pleasing parable of the problems created by an excess of wealth.
     这是个令人开怀的寓言，讲的是财富过剩造成的问题。

双语例句

• The parables of the lost sheep and the prodigal son.
  有关迷途羔羊和浪子回头的寓言。
• Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
  所以我用比喻对他们讲，是因他们看也看不见，听也听不见，也不明白。
• 33With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.
  耶稣用许多这样的比喻，照他们所能听的，对他们讲道。
• As he wrote of his parables: We may liken the false to the true for the purpose of moral instruction.
  正如他所写的寓言：「了道德指引下的目标，我们可能将错误比做真实。
• In the New Testament are the parables and miracles.
  《新约》则由寓言利奇闻趣事构成。
• Neither can the mind be explained by similes and parables.
  思想也不能被明喻和寓言阐明。
• He spoke to them in parables, at some length.
  他用比喻向他们讲了许多道理。
• Simon asked if I had wondered why he used the word parables?
  西蒙问我是否想过，他为什么会使用比喻这个词？
• And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
  耶稣叫他们来，用比喻对他们说，撒但怎能赶出撒但呢。
• In the parables we have read today, an all-out search is made.
  在我们今天所读的三个比喻中，主人翁都进行了一次彻底的搜查。