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

• Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
  这都是耶稣用比喻对众人说的话。若不用比喻，就不对他们说什么。
• Mt.13:10 And the disciples came and said to Him, Why do You speak in parables to them?
  太十三10门徒进前来，对他说，你对众人讲话，为什么用比喻？
• And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
  又对他们说，你们不明白这比喻吗。这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢。
• We may recall from our earlier study of parables that Jesus usually makes one main point in each parable.
  从前面对比喻的学习可以看出，耶稣的每一个比喻中都有一个中心意思。
• 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？
• This is why the parables become windows to some people and walls to others.
  这就是为什么圣经比喻对某些人而言是扇窗门，另外一些人则是高墙一堵。
• 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。
• 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。
• A note on this parable: In our study of some of the earlier parables ( Mt13), we said that each parable usually has one major point.
  关于这个比喻的注释：我们以前学习过耶稣的一些比喻（太13章），我们说那里的每一个比喻都有一个要旨。
• Nothing is truer than parables.
  没有什么能比寓言更真实了。