中英互译
cautionary tale
基本释义
- 警世故事：一种故事，最初在民间传说中讲述，用来警示听众某种危险。
双语例句
- Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like earth.长期以来，金星一直被认为是一个警示故事，告诉我们在像地球这样的行星上，任何事情都可能出错。
- The real point of the cautionary tale, says animal behaviorist Herzau, is that the labels we put on things can affect our moral responses to them.动物行为学家 Herzau 说，这个警示故事的真正意义在于，我们给事物贴上的标签会影响我们对事物的道德反应。
网络短语
- THE CAUTIONARY TALE CLOSE警戒法
- a cautionary tale警世的故事
英英释义
- A cautionary tale is a tale told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger. There are three essential parts to a cautionary tale, though they can be introduced in a large variety of ways.