tale

It is nothing but a traveller's tale.

这只不过是海外奇谈.

He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。

The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale.

讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节,孩子们都听得入迷了.

They can't work off that tale on us.

他们那套鬼话骗不了我们.

Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.

不过15个月，它就成了告诫人们留心跨国并购中陷阱的警世故事。

It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature.

这是西印度群岛文学中广为流传的故事。

A long tale gives a child fidgets.

太长的故事会使小孩子烦躁不安.

He wove a fascinating tale of knights in shining armour.

他编了一个穿着明亮盔甲的骑士的迷人故事.

Is there anybody who can tell a fairy tale?

有人能讲童话故事 吗 ?

Her story is the touching tale of a wife who stood by the husband she loved.

她的经历是一个妻子坚定地支持她深爱着的丈夫的感人故事。

Thereby hangs a tale.

其中有点蹊跷[必有原因].

Her tale has a consciously youthful tone and storyline, combined with a sly humour.

她的故事有意采用富于青春气息的笔调和情节，同时还带些调侃。

Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory.

写完了具有未来色彩的《女仆的故事》之后，玛格丽特·阿特伍德的第七部小说《猫眼》回归到了人们较熟悉的题材上。

You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.

你这次算是逃过了一劫，不过谁知道你的运气还会持续多久呢？

Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.

罗伊用简单的、人人都能理解的语言讲述了他那个伤感的故事。

It's a tragic tale.

这是一个凄惨的故事.

Do you expect me to credit that absurd tale?

你想我会相信那个荒谬绝伦的谎言 吗 ?

He described it as an extraordinarily tangled and complicated tale.

他说那是一个非常曲折复杂的故事。

Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.

每一个幸存者都有一番恐怖的经历可讲.

There is no denying his tale.

他说的话是无可否认的.

What he said sounded like a fairy tale.

他说的听上去简直像一篇神话.

a cautionary tale about the problems of buying a computer

有关购买计算机时可能遇到种种问题的告诫

She was tired of hearing the same dreary tale of drunkenness and violence.

她听够了那些关于酗酒和暴力的乏味故事.

Jan Roberts weaves a compelling tale which traps a young woman in a world run by the Mafia.

简·罗伯茨编了一个引人入胜的故事，诱骗一位年轻女性进入了黑手党的地盘。

She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

她就像童话里的公主。

A pat tale aroused a big laugh.

一个贴切适时的故事引起一阵大笑.

Few Europeans who had ventured beyond the Himalayas had returned to tell the tale.

少数几个冒险翻越了喜马拉雅山的欧洲人回来后讲述了这个故事。