story

1. N-COUNT A story is a description of imaginary people and events, which is written or told in order to entertain. (虚构的) 故事

The second story in the book is titled "The Scholar."

这本书中的第2个故事标题为《学者》。

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. N-COUNT A story is a description of an event or something that happened to someone, especially a spoken description of it. (尤指口头的) 叙述

The parents all shared interesting stories about their children. 那些家长们都会互相讲起有关自己孩子的趣事。

3. N-COUNT The story of something is a description of all the important things that have happened to it since it began. 史话

...the story of the women's movement. …妇女运动的史话。

4. N-COUNT If someone invents a story, they give a false explanation or account of something. 谎话

He invented some story about a cousin. 他们编造了一些关于一位表亲的谎话。

5. N-COUNT A news story is a piece of news in a newspaper or in a news broadcast. 新闻报道

Those are some of the top stories in the news. 那些都是一些头条新闻报道。

They'll do anything for a story. 他们会为了新闻报道不择手段。

6. N-COUNT [美国英语] →see storey

7. PHRASE 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. 情况不同

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。

8. PHRASE 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. 老一套

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3个人的活儿。

9. PHRASE 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. 只是部分情况; 并非全部情况

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。

10. PHRASE 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. 某人一方的说法

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。

11. V to decorate (a pot, wall, etc) with scenes from history or legends 用历史故事画装饰(罐、墙等)