1·I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details.
我开始投入地讲这个寓言，编了些对话和额外细节为故事添油加醋。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·I have no idea if this story is true or false, parable or memoir - but it has stuck with me ever since I read it years ago.
我不知道这个故事是真实的还是虚构的，是寓言还是传纪，但在数年前看到这个故事时深深震撼着我。
3·Tolstoy once quoted an Eastern parable, which he felt summed up the three responses to the utter absurdity of life in light of the certainty of death.
托尔斯泰曾经引述过一则东方的寓言，他认为，它总括了在面对必死无疑的局面时人们对生命中的荒谬性的三种反应。
4·On one level this parable shows the Baal Shem Tov's ambivalence about going to Palestine.
一方面这个寓言表现了巴尔·谢姆·托夫对去巴勒斯坦的矛盾心理。
5·A historical Greek epic, a gritty Iraq war narrative, and a futuristic parable about racism — this other company has appropriated all of them.
从古希腊史诗到伊拉克战事回顾，再到种族主义的未来寓言——这家公司已将所有这些作品都据为己有。
1·Even in the fourth century B.C., Plato touched upon the subject of anonymity and morality in his parable of the ring of Gyges.
即使在公元前四世纪，柏拉图已经在他的寓言故事盖吉斯之戒中阐述了匿名与道德的话题。
2·Parable is often referred to as a literary medium which is employed to express teachings.
寓言故事通常被认为是文学的一种载体。