parables

常见例句

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
于是我说，哎。主耶和华阿，人都指着我说，他岂不是说比喻的吗。
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
又对他们说，你们不明白这比喻吗。这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢。
They're particular to Matthew because Matthew seems to be making the point with these mixed group parables that the church itself is sort of a mixed group.
它们在马太福音中之所以特别,是因为马太似乎想,通过这些混杂的比喻,来说明教会本身是个混杂的团体。

And Milton uses the language of these two parables to get at this problem that has resonances in every conceivable sphere.
弥尔顿用这两则寓言来解释,可以想象出的与此有共鸣的问题。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选
And that leads me to my second point, which is that biblical narratives are not pious parables about saints.
这就说到了我的第二点,圣经不是专讲圣人的故事的。
耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选
This is in the packet after the parables.
这在寓言后的邮件里。
耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The novel draws on oral lore and parables in its sly critique of those who use traditional beliefs as a pretext for violence.
ECONOMIST: African literature: Prince of the absurd The
Regional variations abound, but all are characterized by pithy lyrics with phrases that now permeate the everyday language of the people, melodies adapted to the story and characters, and lively parables.
UNESCO: Culture
The title story, of a man who tried to hold God to a contract, had echoes of both the Book of Job and, more distinctly, of the parables of the Talmud and Midrash.
ECONOMIST: Obituary