1account of events/people, true or invented故事;敍述ADJECTIVE | ... OF STORIES | VERB + STORY | STORY + VERB | STORY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤true真實的故事▸➤plausible貌似合理的故事▸➤false, made-up虛假的/編造的故事◇She told the police a false story about being attacked.她向警方謊稱自己遭到襲擊。➤fictional, real-life虛構的/真實的故事➤untold未曾透露的故事➤published出版的故事◇his first published short story他出版的第一篇短篇小說➤apocryphal杜撰的故事▸➤cock and bull, tall (especially BrE) 荒唐的解釋;荒誕的故事◇No one would believe such a tall story.如此荒誕不經的故事沒有人會相信。➤official官方說法◇The official story was that the singer had broken his arm falling in the shower.官方說法是該歌手在洗澡時摔斷了胳膊。➤personal個人經歷▸➤wild匪夷所思的故事▸➤convincing令人信服的故事▸➤compelling, dramatic, exciting, fantastic, fascinating, good, great, interesting, intriguing, nice, touching, wonderful引人入勝的故事;激動人心的故事;有趣的故事;感人的故事▸➤amazing, bizarre, colourful/colorful, crazy, extraordinary, incredible, outrageous, remarkable, strange令人驚訝的/怪誕的/豐富多彩的/離奇的/異乎尋常的/令人難以置信的/駭人聽聞的/引人矚目的/奇怪的故事▸➤inspirational, inspiring啟發靈感的/鼓舞人心的故事▸➤amusing, entertaining, feel-good, funny好笑的/妙趣橫生的/令人愉快的/滑稽的故事▸➤epic史詩般的故事◇the epic story of a family's escape from war一家人從戰爭中逃亡的漫長而艱辛的歷程➤complex, elaborate複雜的/詳盡的故事▸➤straightforward直截了當的說法▸➤awful, horrific, horrifying, nasty, shocking, terrible, tragic可怕的故事;令人不快的故事;令人震驚的故事;悲慘的故事▸➤sorry (especially BrE) 悲慘的故事◇His life was a sorry story of betrayal and rejection.他一生遭遇的都是背叛和拋棄。➤depressing, heart-rending, moving, poignant, sad沉悶的/令人心碎的/感人的/心酸的/傷感的故事▸➤well-known盡人皆知的故事▸➤familiar常見的故事◇the familiar story of a star who turns to drink and drugs明星酗酒吸毒的常見故事➤popular廣為流傳的故事◇There is one popular story in the town of a man-eating cat that lives in the forest.鎮裏流傳着一個故事:森林裏住着一隻食人貓。➤life, success生平事跡;成功歷程◇She told them her life story.她給他們講述了自己的人生故事。➤coming-of-age, coming-out, rags-to-riches關於長大成人的/初入社交界的/從赤貧到巨富的故事◇The movie is the rags-to-riches story of a country girl who becomes a famous singer.這部影片講述的是一個從赤貧到巨富的故事:一名鄉村女孩成了著名歌星。➤hard-luck, sob (bothdisapproving) 倒霉的/煽情的故事◇He was boring people with more of his hard-luck stories.他又在用他那些不幸遭遇來煩人了。◇She gave me some sob story about losing her credit cards.她向我訴說了自己丟失信用卡的不幸經歷。➤coherent連貫的故事◇The movie lacks a coherent story.這部影片缺乏連貫的故事情節。➤entire, full, whole整個故事;完整的故事;全部真相◇I suspected he hadn't told us the whole story.我懷疑他沒把全部真相告訴我們。➤short短篇小說◇a collection of short stories短篇小說集➤original原著◇The screenplay sticks to the original story.該電影劇本完全忠實於原著。➤back (usually backstory)背景故事◇The writers have to create backstories for their characters.作家必須為他們筆下的人物編寫背景故事。➤children's兒童故事▸➤classic經典故事▸➤bedtime(給兒童講的)睡前故事▸➤adventure, Bible, biblical, crime, detective, fairy, ghost, horror, love, spy, etc.歷險故事、《聖經》故事、罪案故事、偵探小說、童話故事、鬼故事、恐怖故事、愛情故事、間諜小說等... OF STORIES➤collection故事集◇a collection of stories by modern writers現代作家小說集VERB + STORY➤hear聽故事▸➤read (sb)給(某人)唸故事◇My dad sometimes read me a story at bedtime.爸爸有時臨睡前給我唸故事。➤write寫小說▸➤narrate, recount, relate, retell, tell (sb)講述故事;敍述故事;複述故事;(給某人)講故事▸➤embellish, embroider給故事添加細節;潤色故事▸➤believe相信說法◇The police didn't believe her story.警察不相信她的說法。➤stick to堅持說法◇We must stick to our story about the accident.我們必須堅持關於這個事故的說法。➤change改變說法◇At first he denied everything, but then he changed his story and said it was an accident.起初他否認一切,但後來又改變說法,說這是一場意外事故。➤share (with sb), swap(與某人)交流故事◇We swapped stories about our worst teachers.我們交流了關於最差老師的故事。➤spread傳播故事➤publish發表小說STORY + VERB➤circulate, go around, go round, spread故事流傳;故事傳播開來◇A story was going around that the factory was in line for closure.關於這家工廠要關門的說法在到處流傳。➤abound故事很多◇Stories abound of vandalism and looting.破壞和搶劫財物的故事多得很。➤emerge故事發生▸➤begin, open, start故事開始◇The story opens with a man hiding from the police.故事一開始,一個男子正躲避警察的追捕。➤progress, unfold故事發展/展開◇The motives of the hero become clearer as the story unfolds.隨着故事的展開,男主人公的動機變得越來越清晰。➤end故事結束▸➤be called sth, be entitled sth, be titled sth (especially NAmE) 故事叫做⋯;故事題為⋯▸➤be set in...故事以⋯為背景◇The story is set in India in the 1930s.故事發生在 20 世紀 30 年代的印度。➤be based on sth小說根據⋯寫成▸➤concern sth, involve sth, revolve around sth故事講述⋯/涉及⋯/圍繞⋯▸➤contain sth故事包含⋯▸➤illustrate sth故事說明⋯◇This story illustrates the dangers of living on credit.這個故事說明賒賬度日的危險。STORY + NOUN➤teller (usually storyteller)講故事者▸➤telling (usually storytelling)講故事▸➤line (usually storyline)故事情節◇His novels always have the same basic storyline.他的小說總是有着相同的基本情節。PREPOSITION➤according to a/the story根據故事情節▸➤story about關於⋯的故事◇a story about time travel關於時光旅行的故事➤story of⋯的故事◇the story of the Beatles甲殼蟲樂隊的故事◇a story of moral redemption道德救贖的故事PHRASES➤a fragment of a/the story, a part of a/the story故事片段◇We had difficulty in piecing together the fragments of her story.我們難以把她的故事片段串聯起來。➤the rest of the story故事的尾聲▸➤but that's another story但那是後話◇Many years later I returned to Africa-but that's another story (= I am not going to talk about it now).許多年後我重返非洲,不過那是後話了。➤(that's) a likely story (ironic) 說得跟真的似的◇He said he'd met Madonna. A likely story.他說他見過麥當娜,說得跟真的似的。➤it's a long story一言難盡;說來話長◇'How come you only have one shoe on?' 'It's a long story.'“你怎麼只穿了一隻鞋?”“說起來話可就長了。”➤sb's half of the story, sb's side of the story某人的說法◇The teacher punished me without listening to my side of the story.老師沒聽我辯解就懲罰了我。➤tell a different story根本不是這麼回事◇Antidepressants are widely believed to be effective medications. The data, however, tell a different story.抗抑鬱藥被廣泛認為很有效果,可數據顯示根本不是這麼回事。➤the moral of the story故事的寓意◇The moral of this story is that you should never take things for granted.這個故事的寓意是永遠不要想當然。➤the story goes (that...) (used to describe what people are saying although it may not be correct)據說(⋯)◇She never saw him again-or so the story goes.她再沒見過他 - 據說是這樣。➤the story of my life我的命運◇Out of work with no money-that's the story of my life.失業在家而且身無分文 - 我就是這個命。➤to cut a long story short, to make a long story short長話短說◇Anyway, to cut a long story short (= not to give all the details), we had this argument and I haven't seen him since.不管怎樣,長話短說吧,我們發生了爭執,那以後我就再也沒有見過他。➤a version of a story某件事的一種說法◇According to Rachel's version of the story, they threw the key in the river.按照雷切爾的說法,他們把鑰匙扔到河裏了。story
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2report in a newspaper, etc.新聞報道ADJECTIVE | VERB + STORY | STORY + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, huge, top大新聞;頭條新聞◇The biggest story of the day was the signing of the peace agreement.當天最大的新聞是和平協議的簽訂。◇And now back to our top story tonight...現在回到我們今晚的頭條新聞⋯➤exclusive獨家新聞➤breaking (especially NAmE) 突發新聞報道◇We'll have more on this breaking story as developments come in to us.隨着對事態發展的瞭解,我們將會繼續報道這一突發新聞。➤feature (NAmE) 專題報道◇National Geographic ran a feature story on dinosaurs.《國家地理》雜誌刊登了一篇關於恐龍的專題報道。➤main主要新聞▸➤full全面報道◇Full story on page 3.詳盡報道見第 3 頁。➤scare聳人聽聞的報道◇scare stories about the harmful effects of the vaccination關於疫苗接種負面作用的聳人聽聞的報道➤inside內幕新聞◇The magazine gives the inside story of life in a rock band.該雜誌刊登了有關一支搖滾樂隊生活的內幕報道。➤sensational引起轟動的報道▸➤lurid, sordid聳人聽聞的/無恥的報道◇lurid stories of politicians' sexual adventures關於政客桃色事件的聳人聽聞的報道➤cover, front-page, lead封面故事;頭版新聞;頭條新聞◇The magazine chose the peace process as its cover story.這期雜誌將和平進程選作封面故事。➤news新聞報道➤political政治新聞➤media, newspaper, wire (especially NAmE) 媒體/報紙/有線報道VERB + STORY➤file, write發送/撰寫新聞報道◇More than one correspondent filed a story about the incident.不止一名記者發稿報道這起事件。➤carry, cover, print, publish, report, run登載報道;報道新聞;刊印報道;刊發報道;刊登新聞◇Every newspaper carried the story.每家報紙都登載了這則報道。◇He's covering the story in Gaza for CNN.他正在加沙為美國有線電視新聞網作報道。➤follow跟踪報道新聞◇We will continue to follow this story and bring you the latest developments.我們將持續跟踪這一事件,為您帶來最新進展的報道。➤break (especially NAmE) 報道消息◇The New York Times broke the story and others picked it up.《紐約時報》首先報道了這一消息,後來其他報紙紛紛跟進。STORY + VERB➤break (especially NAmE) 消息傳出◇The story broke in January.這個消息是 1 月份傳出來的。PREPOSITION➤story about, story of關於/有關⋯的報道◇the story of his arrest他被捕的消息story