parable

noun

/ˈpærəbl/

a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of those told by Jesus as recorded in the Bible（尤指《圣经》中的）寓言故事Topics Literature and writingc2, Religion and festivalsc2
词源Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison’, from Greek parabolē ‘placing side by side, application’, from para- ‘beside’ + bolē ‘a throw’ (from the verb ballein).

词汇	parable
释义	parable noun /ˈpærəbl/ /ˈpærəbl/ a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson, especially one of those told by Jesus as recorded in the Bible（尤指《圣经》中的）寓言故事Topics Literature and writingc2, Religion and festivalsc2 词源Middle English: from Old French parabole, from an ecclesiastical Latin sense ‘discourse, allegory’ of Latin parabola ‘comparison’, from Greek parabolē ‘placing side by side, application’, from para- ‘beside’ + bolē ‘a throw’ (from the verb ballein).
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