词典释义：
1 an account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment
故事；传说，传奇
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an adventure story 一个冒险故事
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I'm going to tell you a story .我要给你讲一个故事。
a plot or storyline
情节
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the novel has a good story .这部小说的情节非常好。
a report of an item of news in a newspaper, magazine, or news broadcast
（报纸、杂志、新闻广播的）新闻报道，记事
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stories in the local papers .地方报纸的新闻报道。
a piece of gossip; a rumour
闲话；谣言
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there have been lots of stories going around, as you can imagine .你可以想象，到处都流传着种种流言飞语。
〈非正式〉 假话；错误的解释；谎话
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Ellie never told stories —she had always believed in the truth .埃莉从没说过谎，她一直相信事实。
2 an account of past events in someone's life or in the evolution of something
（对人的一生或事物发展所经历事情的）叙述，描述
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the story of modern farming 现代农业发展史话
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the film is based on a true story .那部电影是根据一个真实的事件摄制的。
a particular person's representation of the facts of a matter, especially as given in self-defence
（尤指为自我辩护而作的）事实陈述
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during police interviews, Harper changed his story .在与警方谈话时，哈珀改了口。
[in sing.]a situation viewed in terms of the information known about it or its similarity to another
内情，实情，详情
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having such information is useful, but it is not the whole story 有那样的信息是有用的，但它并不能解决一切问题
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many children with leukaemia now survive — twenty years ago it was a very different story .现在许多得白血病的孩子都能存活，但是２０年前就完全不是这回事了。
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〈非 正式〉 当前实况
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What's the story on this man? Is he from around here? 这名男子是怎么回事？他是这儿附近的吗？
the commercial prospects or circumstances of a particular company
（公司的）商业前景，商业现状
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profitable businesses with solid stories .发展前景良好的有利可图的企业。
〈北 美〉 同<Bold>STOREY</Bold>.
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but that's another story informal used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now 〈非正式〉 但是那是另一回事 -
end of story informal used to emphasize that there is nothing to add on a matter just mentioned 〈非正式〉 就是这个样子，仅此而已Men don't cry in public. End of story . 男人不会在公共场合哭泣 -
就是这样
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it's a long story informal used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too painful and involved 〈非正式〉 说来话长，一言难尽 -
it’s （或that’s ）the story of one's life informal used to lament the fact that a particular misfortune has happened too often in one's experience 〈非正式〉 那就是…经历的缩影 -
the same old story used to indicate that a particular bad situation is tediously familiar 老一套，老样子United kept on trying but it was the same old story — no luck . 虽然联队一直在努力，但还是老样子——运气不佳 -
the story goes it is said or rumoured 据说；据谣传the story goes that he's fallen out with his friends . 据说他跟他的朋友们闹翻了 -
to cut （或〈北美〉make ）a long story short used to end an account of events quickly 长话短说，简而言之to cut a long story short, I married Stephen . 长话短说，我和斯蒂芬结婚了
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a story book 故事书
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tell (sb) a story = tell (sb) stories 给某人讲故事
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a love story 爱情故事
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"Middle English （denoting a historical account or representation）： shortening of Anglo-Norman French
