这组词都可表示叙事性的文字。它们的区别是:
1.account, fable, legend, myth, story, tale是一般用词; anecdote是正式用词。
2.account指对于某事的详细说明,原原本本,有头有尾,多用于报道事实; story指取悦于人的完整故事,有人物,有情节,有头有尾,可口头也可书面,可真实也可虚构,体裁上则既可为诗体,也可为散文体; anecdote指轶事趣闻,一般较短,有趣味; fable指寓言,主人公多为拟人化的动物或非生物,多为虚构,旨在说明一个道理或教训,而寓言则多在结尾处点明; legend 指民间传说或传奇故事,多含虚幻成分; myth指神话,特指与宗教或原始文明有关的故事,多以超人的力量去解释自然现象或人生; tale指故事或传说,即或有事实根据也多添枝加叶或夸张,含荒唐不可信的意味。
谐音记忆法
密事,秘密事。很神奇的。再引申为虚构的,神话的。
词根词缀法
来自希腊语mythos,想法,故事,神话,口口相传的传说,词源不详。可能来自某拟声词根mu,说话。比较其与mystery的词义区别。
重要短语
The Myth神话;成龙金喜善;神话MV;惊天传奇
creation myth创世神话;开创神话;开天辟地;创世纪
The Beauty Myth美貌的神话;美丽神话;美的神话
His exploration of the myth brings insight into the American psyche.
他对这个神话的探讨揭示了美国人的心理。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The myth that Japan is not open to concerns from outside has, I think, been demolished at a stroke.
关于日本对外界的关注不予理会的谬论,我认为,一下子就被驳倒了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Contrary to the popular myth, women are not reckless spendthrifts.
和人们的普遍观念恰恰相反,女性并不是胡乱挥霍者。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I bought into the popular myth that when I got the new car or the next house, I'd finally be happy.
我相信那个流行的说法,当我有辆新车或者第二套房子时,我才能最终心满意足.
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》My mother colluded in the myth of him as the swanky businessman.
我母亲和别人串通,把他杜撰成一个阔气的商人。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》People's faith in the Emperor was based on the myth that he was infallible.
人们效忠君主是基于他永无过失的神话.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.
杀戮持续了数月后,真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续.
来源:《简明英汉词典》It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true.
我们把这类故事视为神话, 但就林肯来说, 这故事却是真实的.
来源:《简明英汉词典》It is also a myth that the faculty of hearing is greatly increased in blind people.
盲人的听力会大幅增强也是一种谬谈。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Many mothers schooled their daughters in the myth of female inferiority.
许多母亲把男尊女卑的错误观念传给了她们的女儿。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》I have been working on exploding the myth of fixity of meaning.
我一直在致力于推翻有关意义恒定性的谬谈。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The coronation was an occasion for extravagant myth and sentiment.
加冕典礼是极尽奢华和怀旧的仪式。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power.
电力私有化打破了关于廉价核能的神话。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Myth # 4 : What goes down must come back up; or Buy low, sell high.
谬论 # 4: 跌下去必定涨回来; 或者买入低价的, 卖出高价的.
来源:网络文摘精选Northeast Electric unit is expected to clone the myth of H shares soaring!
该股有望克隆东北电气H股暴涨的神话!
来源:网络文摘精选It is the element of myth that makes the Bumppo stories more than mere adventure yarns.
这种神秘气氛使班波的传奇没有流于普通惊险小说一路.
来源:词典精选例句It is another unfortunate myth of our culture that older people are asexual.
我们的文化里还有一种错误观念,就是认为上了年纪的人就不再有性欲了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The report dispels the myth that Northerners have a fattier diet than people in the south.
该报告消除了北方人比南方人膳食脂肪含量高的谬论。
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