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(常包含魔法或驚險內容的)傳說，故事
A tale is a story, often involving magic or exciting events.
例句
...a collection of stories, poems and folk tales...
由短篇故事、詩歌和傳說匯成的作品集
Episodes 1 and 2 of Tales of the City will be shown together on Tuesday.
《城市故事》的第一、二集將于星期二兩集連播。
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(對真人真事精彩的或夸張的)描述，講述
You can refer to an interesting, exciting, or dramatic account of a real event as a tale .
例句
The media have been filled with tales of horror and loss resulting from Monday's earthquake.
媒體上盡是星期一發生的地震所帶來的恐懼和損失的報道。
...a property analyst, full of cheery tales about soaring share prices and new capital pouring into property companies.
總是興高采烈地描述著股票價格飆升和新資本源源不斷注入房地產公司的房地產分析師
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PHRASE
大難不死;逃過劫難;幸免于難
If you survive a dangerous or frightening experience and so are able to tell people about it afterwards, you can say that you lived to tell the tale .
例句
You lived to tell the tale this time but who knows how far you can push your luck.
你這次算是逃過了一劫，不過誰知道你的運氣還會持續多久呢？
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PHRASE
造謠;泄密
If someone tells tales about you, they tell other people things about you which are untrue or which you wanted to be kept secret.
例句
I hesitated, not wanting to tell tales about my colleague.
我猶豫了，不想說同事的壞話。