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tell a story
She told an interesting story.
她讲了一个有趣的故事。
故事；叙述
stories — plural of story
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故事；叙述
An account of real or fictional events.
She told an interesting story.
她讲了一个有趣的故事。
真实或虚构事件的叙述。
An account of real or fictional events.
谎言；虚构。
A lie, fiction.
一系列事件或情况,如叙述中所述。
A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
She told the children a funny story about a lost puppy.
她给孩子们讲了一个关于走失小狗的有趣故事。
The story of the missing painting has a surprising ending.
那幅失踪画作的故事有一个出人意料的结局。
I read several short stories by that author last weekend.
上周末我读了那位作者的几篇短篇小说。
She told an interesting story.
她讲了一个有趣的故事。
用于叙述传闻或传说
The story goes that he was a spy.
据说他曾是间谍。
后接名词或名词短语
the story of my life
我一生的故事
表示楼层，美式英语用story，英式英语用storey
a three-story building
一栋三层楼
Not this
This building has 20 story.
Use this
This building has 20 stories.
当"story"表示"楼层"时，是可数名词，复数形式为stories。中文学习者常忽略复数变化，错误使用单数形式。
Not this
Don't tell story.
Use this
Don't tell a story.
当"story"表示"谎言"时，是可数名词，需要不定冠词"a"或复数形式。中文学习者受汉语无冠词影响，经常遗漏冠词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
讲故事
Grandma loves to tell a story before bedtime.
奶奶喜欢在睡前讲故事。
短篇小说
She published a collection of short stories.
她出版了一部短篇小说集。
夸张的故事；谎言
He told a tall story about catching a fish as big as a boat.
他讲了一个夸张的故事，说钓到了一条像船一样大的鱼。
爱情故事
The movie is a classic love story set in Paris.
这部电影是一个以巴黎为背景的经典爱情故事。
童话故事
Children enjoy listening to fairy stories before sleep.
孩子们喜欢睡前听童话故事。
顶层
They live in an apartment on the top story of the building.
他们住在大楼顶层的一套公寓里。
全部实情
I think we haven't heard the whole story yet.
我认为我们还没有听到全部实情。
荒诞离奇的故事
His excuse for being late was a tall story.
他迟到的借口是个荒诞离奇的故事。
长话短说
To make a long story short, we missed the flight.
长话短说，我们错过了航班。
到目前为止的故事：起初，宇宙被创造出来。这使很多人非常愤怒，并被普遍认为是一个糟糕的举动。
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy opens with one of the most famous story lines in science fiction.
《银河系漫游指南》以科幻小说中最著名的故事线之一开篇。
这就是我一生的故事。
The song 'Story of My Life' by One Direction tells a story of love and loss.
单向乐队的歌曲《我一生的故事》讲述了一个关于爱与失去的故事。
Use stories naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
故事与谎言同词，楼层写作storey或story，联想'故事里的谎言在楼层'。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、文学作品、新闻报道、课堂讲解、电影旁白 “story”指“故事”时，通常用于各种正式和非正式场合，如日常谈话、文学创作、新闻报道等，因此语域归为“mixed”较为合适。
可数名词，可用作主语、宾语等。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.