新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

story

英 [ˈstɔːri]

[NOUN]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

stories
1. [C 可数名词] （虚构的）故事
A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain.
双语例句
例：
The second story in the book is titled 'The Scholar'.
书中的第2个故事标题为《学者》。
例：
I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits.
我将给你讲个关于4只小兔子的故事。
2. [C 可数名词] （尤指口头的）叙述
A story is a description of an event or something that happened to someone, especially a spoken description of it.
双语例句
例：
The parents all shared interesting stories about their children.
父母之间都会分享自己孩子的一些趣事。
3. [C 可数名词] 传记 , 史话 , 纪事
The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began.
双语例句
例：
the story of the women's movement.
妇女运动的记载。
4. [C 可数名词] 谎话
If someone invents a story, they give a false explanation or account of something.
近义词
tale , yarn
双语例句
例：
He invented some story about a cousin.
他骗别人说自己有位堂兄。
5. [C 可数名词] 新闻报道
A news story is a piece of news in a newspaper or in a news broadcast.
双语例句
例：
Those are some of the top stories in the news.
那些都是头条新闻报道。
例：
They'll do anything for a story.
他们为抢到新闻会不择手段。

PHRASE. 习语

a different story
1. 情况不同
You use a different story to refer to a situation, usually a bad one, which exists in one set of circumstances when you have mentioned that it does not exist in another set of circumstances.
双语例句
例：
Where Marcella lives, the rents are fairly cheap, but a little further north it's a different story.
在马斯拉住的地方房租相当便宜，但再往北一点儿情况就不同了。
the same old story , the old story
1. 老一套
If you say it's the same old story or it's the old story, you mean that something unpleasant or undesirable seems to happen again and again.
双语例句
例：
It's the same old story. They want one person to do three people's jobs.
又是老一套。他们想让一个人干三个人的活儿。
only part of the story , not the whole story
1. 只是部分情况 , 并非全部情况
If you say that something is only part of the story or is not the whole story, you mean that the explanation or information given is not enough for a situation to be fully understood.
双语例句
例：
This may be true but it is only part of the story.
这也许是真的，但它只是部分情况。
someone's side of the story
1. 某人一方的说法
If someone tells you their side of the story, they tell you why they behaved in a particular way and why they think they were right, when other people think that person behaved wrongly.
双语例句
例：
He had already made up his mind before even hearing her side of the story.
他甚至在听到她那一方的说法之前就已下定决心了。