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parable
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural parables
plural parables
Learner's definition of PARABLE
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: a short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson寓言
- He told the children a parable about the importance of forgiveness.他给孩子讲了一个有关宽恕的重要性的寓言。
especially : one of the stories told by Jesus Christ and recorded in the Bible（尤指）《圣经》中耶稣讲的寓言故事
- the parable of the Good Samaritan关于仁慈的撒马利亚人的故事
parable
noun
par·a·ble ˈper-ə-bəl 
ˈpa-rə-
: a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
also : something (such as a news story or a series of real events) likened to a parable in providing an instructive example or lesson
Did you know?
Parable comes from the Latin word parabola, from Greek parabolḗ, meaning "comparison." The word parabola may look familiar if you remember your geometry. The mathematical parabola refers to a curve that is shaped like the path of something that is thrown forward and high in the air and falls back to the ground.
Example Sentences
He told the children a parable about the importance of forgiveness. the parable of the Good Samaritan
Recent Examples on the Web The novel’s existential absurdity quickly gives way to a parable of what might be called racial mourning. 
Ron Charles, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Everett Comedy and tragedy collide in Bong Joon-ho's exceptional parable that cleaned up at the 2020 Oscars. Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2022 The saga of Kidd Creole, from the pinnacle of hip-hop stardom to a Bronx rooming house and a series of menial temp jobs, is a parable of rap’s first generation. New York Times, 16 June 2022 Choy and her co-director, Renee Tajima-Peña, immersed themselves in the nuances of the case, resisting the temptation to turn Chin’s death into a simple parable of victimhood. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022 The trajectory that took Melville from youthful celebrity to total obscurity to, finally, posthumous renown as the author of the greatest of all American novels has become the stuff of legend, a parable about the mercurial ways of literary fortune. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 May 2022 Campion’s shrewdest stunt was to validate the young, murderous, fascist gay character (Kodi Smit-McPhee) — making a venal parable about generational politics. Armond White, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022 That story line is supposed to come across as a chilling parable about the excesses of business-minded gene modification, but locusts make for a far less effective adversary than a good old-fashioned tyrannosaur. David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022 That’s essentially the political parable of Corinthian Colleges, as told by Kamala Harris. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 June 2022 See More
Ron Charles, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Everett Comedy and tragedy collide in Bong Joon-ho's exceptional parable that cleaned up at the 2020 Oscars. Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2022 The saga of Kidd Creole, from the pinnacle of hip-hop stardom to a Bronx rooming house and a series of menial temp jobs, is a parable of rap’s first generation. New York Times, 16 June 2022 Choy and her co-director, Renee Tajima-Peña, immersed themselves in the nuances of the case, resisting the temptation to turn Chin’s death into a simple parable of victimhood. Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022 The trajectory that took Melville from youthful celebrity to total obscurity to, finally, posthumous renown as the author of the greatest of all American novels has become the stuff of legend, a parable about the mercurial ways of literary fortune. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 May 2022 Campion’s shrewdest stunt was to validate the young, murderous, fascist gay character (Kodi Smit-McPhee) — making a venal parable about generational politics. Armond White, National Review, 9 Mar. 2022 That story line is supposed to come across as a chilling parable about the excesses of business-minded gene modification, but locusts make for a far less effective adversary than a good old-fashioned tyrannosaur. David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 June 2022 That’s essentially the political parable of Corinthian Colleges, as told by Kamala Harris. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English parable, parabol "allegorical narrative, proverb, speech," borrowed from Anglo-French parable, going back to Late Latin parabola "comparison, allegory, proverb, discourse, speech," going back to Latin, "explanatory illustration, comparison," borrowed from Greek parabolḗ "juxtaposition, comparison," "proverb" (Septuagint), "parable" (New Testament), from parabol-, stem in noun derivation of parabállein "to cast before (as fodder for a horse), expose, set beside, compare," from para- para- entry 1 + bállein "to reach by throwing, let fly, strike, put, place" — more at devil entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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