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该书的结尾寓意乐观. The book ended on an optimistic note.
寓言一种通常短小的故事，用来表示启发或谨慎的观点，常利用说话或有人的行为的动物为角色 A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings.
寓言，讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力，从而使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的，但更深刻的象征意义 A literary, dramatic, or pictorial device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense.
寓言家寓言的创作者 A composer of fables.
这是一个古老的寓言。 This is an ancient parable.
人们可以从寓言里吸取经验教训。 People can draw a moral from tales.
要不是隔著这座公寓大楼, 大海的景色就可以从这里一览无遗. You'd have a good view of the sea from here except for the block of flats in between.
魔力，神力被认为是寓于某个人或某件神圣的物件中的超自然力量 A supernatural force believed to dwell in a person or sacred object.
我们被这所公寓的精致的室内装潢设计吸引。 We are fascinated by the delicate interior design of the apartment.
＂孩子们，大家聚拢点，爱丽丝小姐给你们讲个寓言故事。＂ "Children, gather round, and Miss Alice will tell you a fable."
我们这套公寓的租约下月到期. Our present lease on the flat expires next month.
这座公寓的管理员不在公寓里住. This block of flats has a non-resident caretaker.
我可以在我的寓所里为你提供一个床位。 I'll fit you up with a bed at my flat.
牧师住宅管辖区通常由教会提供给牧师的正式寓所；教区长的管辖区 The official residence usually provided by a church for its parson; a rectory.
他们在苏格兰有一村舍, 在伦敦有一所房子, 在巴黎还有一套备用公寓. They own a cottage in Scotland and a house in London as well as a pied-a-terre in Paris.