fiction/fable/novel/romance/story/tale.导航词义：故事

1. fiction:n. 小说.指人物与情节均为虚构的文学作品。

She is a popular writer of science fiction.

她是一位很受欢迎的科幻小说家。

He prefers historical fiction to romance novels.

比起爱情小说，他更喜欢历史小说。

2. fable:n. 寓言故事.指篇幅短小、旨在道德教化的传统故事，尤指动物寓言故事。

It's a land rich in fable.

此地是寓言之乡。

This is a fable about a dog and a mouse.

这是一个关于狗和老鼠的寓言故事。

3. novel:n. 小说.指长篇小说。

'War and Peace' is a great novel by Leo Tolstoy.

《战争与和平》是列夫·托尔斯泰的长篇巨著。

He has read all of the novels by Dickens.

他读过狄更斯的全部小说。

4. romance:n. 爱情故事；传奇故事.特指这两类小说，作后者解时尤指旧时创作或以古代为背景的传奇故事。

This is a romance about a prince who married a poor girl.

这是一则王子同灰姑娘结婚的爱情故事。

The figure comes from a medieval romance.

这个人物来自中世纪的传奇故事。

5. story:n. 故事，小说.指意在娱乐大众的叙事性文学作品，其内容可能是真实的，也可能是虚构的。

He spent the whole afternoon reading a detective story.

他整个下午都在读一本侦探小说。

This novel is based on a true story.

这部小说是根据真实故事而写的。

6. tale:n. 故事.指虚构的惊险刺激的故事。

The newly published book contains 20 old Chinese folk tales.

新出版的这本书包含20个古老的中国民间故事。

The author earned his fame through several popular tales of adventure.

这名作家因多个广受欢迎的探险故事而出了名。

全部

1·They had a whirlwind romance.

他们之间有过一段短暂的风流韵事。《牛津词典》

2·This is a slow-burn romance.

这是一场发展缓慢的恋情。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I was reading some trashy romance novel.

我当时正在阅读一些垃圾爱情小说。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Spring is here and romance is in the air.

春天来了，到处洋溢着爱情的气息。《牛津词典》

5·The movie mixes broad humor with romance.

那部电影把粗俗幽默和浪漫故事结合在一起。《牛津词典》

6·Romance is making a comeback. Reality is out.

浪漫正回归；现实已过时。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·Romance is one thing, marriage is quite another.

爱情是一回事，婚姻却是另一回事。《牛津词典》

8·Lorna Doone is subtitled a Romance of Exmoor.

《洛娜·杜恩》的副标题是《埃克斯穆尔的一个浪漫故事》。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·It is ridiculous to suggest we are having a romance.

说我们之间有风流韵事真是荒唐可笑。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·A dollop of romance now and then is good for everybody.

时而来点儿浪漫对每个人都有好处。《牛津词典》

浪漫

1·A dollop of romance now and then is good for everybody.

时而来点儿浪漫对每个人都有好处。《牛津词典》

2·It's that time of year, when thoughts turn to romance and gallantry.

那就是一年当中将想法变为浪漫和殷勤的时候。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·I was beguiled by the romance and exotic atmosphere of the souks in Marrakech.

我被马拉喀什剧场浪漫的异国情调迷住了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·I accept that the romance may have gone out of the marriage, but surely this is true of many couples.

我承认浪漫可能已从婚姻中消失，但许多夫妻的确都是如此。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·So, romance is relative.

因此，浪漫是相对的。

罗曼史

1·But there is a romance with this city for me that began with my imagining it as a little girl, and it's a romance that continues to this day.

但对我来说，我和这座城市有过一段罗曼史，在我还是个小女孩时，从我那时的想象里就开始了这段恋情，而且这份感情至今仍在。

2·I will look around the laden table and see those who will be missing - taken by death and divorce and new romance and fresh starts.

我将环顾应该坐得满满的桌子，看见那些缺席的人——或过世了，或离婚了，或有了新的罗曼史，或有了新的开始。

3·He alluded to their fleeting waterfront romance in his notebooks and in his Autobiography.

他的笔记和《自传》记述了他们两个人短暂的水边罗曼史。

4·Here, we know our partner. There's neither the mystery nor the uncertainty to stoke fevered romance.

在这里，我们清楚我们的伴侣，既无神秘感亦无燃烧激昂罗曼史的不定性。

5·A friendship, a romance, ends and we are left in pain for far too long.

一段友谊，一次罗曼史结束了，我们会过久地沉溺于痛苦之中。

浪漫史

1·All of the CARDS that Earnest and I used to leave for each other at our Cal Art's studios (where our romance for paper correspondence began) are permanent fixtures on my inspiration board.

我和Earnest在加州艺术学院的工作室(这就是我们的通信浪漫史开始的地方)里常常互相留卡片，这些卡片是这里的永久居民。

2·Their romance got off to a bit of a scandalous start: Deng, 42, married Murdoch, 80 in 1999 — 17 days after he divorced his second wife, Anna.

他们的浪漫史开始得稍显荒唐：1999年，42岁的邓文迪与80岁的默多克结婚，那时默多克与他的第二任妻子Anna离婚才刚17天。

3·Out of my surprise, I am barely in favor of a dream with romance content.

从我的惊奇，我几乎不能是支持和浪漫史内容的一个梦。

4·It was quite the whirlwind romance.

这真是段旋风般的浪漫史。

5·Love is the beginning of a life long romance.

自爱是人生漫长浪漫史的开端。

传奇

1·The author belongs among the romance writers more than among the novelists.

这位作者应归传奇作家，而不应划入小说家之列。

2·It is also a romance of present sorrows and past joys, a nostalgic exploration of the storyteller grown up and the child who listened at his mentor's knee.

同时它也是一部包含着当前的苦痛与过往的欢乐的传奇，对于讲述着成长和还在偎在导师腿上聆听讲述的怀旧探寻。

3·The most famous of these travelers was Marco Polo, whose thoughts and adventures were later recorded and embellished by an Italian romance writer.

这些旅行者中最出名的就是马可波罗，他的所见所闻后来被一位意大利传奇小说家记载下来，并加以润色。

4·It is not to be found in Miss Jessie Weston's book on ritual and romance.

在韦斯顿的书仪式和传奇里也找不到。

5·There is a romance about all who are abroad in the black hours, and with something of a thrill we try to guess their business.

关于那些在天色浓黑的时间里还呆在外面的人总有传奇可以虚构，他们的作为被人们怀着颤栗的心来猜测。

浪漫故事

1·The movie mixes broad humor with romance.

那部电影把粗俗幽默和浪漫故事结合在一起。《牛津词典》

2·Led by researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, the study — featured in the journal Psychological Science — advances our understanding of how language influences romance.

在德克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校研究者的带领下的一项研究增进了我们对语言如何影响浪漫故事的理解。这项研究成为心理科学杂志的推荐文章。

3·This feeling grew, and she gave way to it, and it led her to an instinctive belief that he had been a factor in that romance.

这种感觉越来越强烈，爱伦相信这种感觉，而且一种本能的直觉让她相信这个人曾是自己浪漫故事中的一个角色。

4·She loved him so much: it was a fairytale romance.

她深深爱着他：这是个童话般的浪漫故事。

5·As it played, the romance in which Theodore, the human, and Samantha, the software, found themselves unfolded.

电影中的人类西奥多和软件萨曼莎之间的浪漫故事，正在我的眼前徐徐展开。

风流韵事

1·He was tired of the merry-go-round of romance and longed to settle down.

他厌倦了没完没了的风流韵事，渴望安定下来。《牛津词典》

2·A romance happened in his family.

他家里发生了一件风流韵事。

3·She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older (Jane Austen).

“在年青的她不得不小心谨慎，当年龄越来越大，她学会了风流韵事” （简·奥斯汀）。

渲染

1·She would often romance about her bitter experiences.

她总是渲染美化她的痛苦经历。

传奇故事

1·It sounds too much like a cheap romance.

它听起来象是一个拙劣的传奇故事。

2·The early portions, featuring Alice as a child, are shot through with verve and a sense of impending loss, but the book loses that verve as it turns into a generic Victorian romance.

开始几部分，对少年爱丽丝的描写颇有几分神韵以及对于即将迷失的一种伤感，而小说生动的描写后来消失了，成了平常的维多利亚传奇故事。

3·Senile idiots: What we call life is a – and – ten – cent store romance.

我们所谓的人生只是一篇廉价物品商店里听来的传奇故事。

(1)romance languages罗曼斯语（由拉丁语演变而成的语言）