parables

常见例句

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
於是我說，哎。主耶和華阿，人都指著我說，他豈不是說比喻的嗎。
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
又對他們說，你們不明白這比喻嗎。這樣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.
它們在馬太福音中之所以特別,是因爲馬太似乎想,通過這些混襍的比喻,來說明教會本身是個混襍的團躰。

And Milton uses the language of these two parables to get at this problem that has resonances in every conceivable sphere.
彌爾頓用這兩則寓言來解釋,可以想象出的與此有共鳴的問題。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選
And that leads me to my second point, which is that biblical narratives are not pious parables about saints.
這就說到了我的第二點,聖經不是專講聖人的故事的。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導論課程節選
This is in the packet after the parables.
這在寓言後的郵件裡。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節選

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