The minister preached a sermon on the parable of the lost sheep.

牧师讲道时用了亡羊的比喻。

I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details.

我开始投入地讲这个寓言，编了些对话和额外细节为故事添油加醋。

I think the genius of this parable hinges on the fact that the servant who was only given one gold coin seems to be acting so perfectly reasonably.

我认为这则寓言的特别之处在于，那个只拿到一个金币的仆人的行为是很合理的。

So this is the parable of the talents.

这是关于才能的寓言。

How then will you understand any parable?

这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢？

"Let me tell you a like parable," Giff says.

“让我来给你讲个寓言故事吧，”吉夫说。

Now God only knows what this parable actually means.

现在只有上帝知道这个寓言的原意是什么了。

The episode is a nice parable of anxiety-management;

这段故事情节是一个人焦急情绪控制的很好的比喻；

This is towards the end of this big long parable chapter.

这是比喻长篇的结尾。

THE best modern parable of progress was, aptly, ahead of its time.

最好的关于进步的现代寓言竟巧妙地处在它的时代之前。

His story became a parable for the fickleness of art and life.

他的故事成为一个说明艺术与生活变化无常的寓言。

The parable of Toyota may be that the tortoise became the hare.

这次经历中的丰田可能就像，在龟兔赛跑的寓言故事中它从乌龟的角色变成了兔子。

The parable of the unprofitable servant, the parable of the talents.

无益的仆人的寓言，才能的寓言。

This is what I tried to say by way of a parable or a song in The Echo.

这就是我通过一个比喻或是一首诗歌在《回声》中试图所说的。

Matthew also has a parable about a man goes out and throws a field with seed.

马太也用了一个比喻，是说一个男人，去田里播种。

Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

彼得说，主阿，这比喻是为我们说的呢，还是为众人呢。

And he said unto them, know ye not this parable? And how then will ye know all parables?

又对他们说，你们不明白这比喻吗。这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢。

On one level this parable shows the Baal Shem Tov's ambivalence about going to Palestine.

一方面这个寓言表现了巴尔·谢姆·托夫对去巴勒斯坦的矛盾心理。

Would having a relevant parable uppermost in their minds nudge participants into helping?

脑袋里想着这个寓言故事会促使受试者去帮助他人吗？

His disciples came to him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

他的门徒进前来说，请把田间稗子的比喻，讲给我们听。

I explained to my friends what had puzzled me for some years in terms of the following parable.

我用一个比喻对这些朋友解释困扰了我好几年的问题。

Now I don't have to tell you that Milton has done a powerful violence to this parable in Matthew.

我不得不告诉你们弥尔顿在这里曲解了,马修寓言的原意。

But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.

若不用比喻，就不对他们讲。没有人的时候，就把一切的道讲给门徒听。

The parable of the hapless Ms Dunn makes clear that separating the two top jobs is no guarantee of a harmonious board.

倒霉的邓恩女士就像是一则寓言，它明白地告诉我们：将两个头等职位相分离并不能确保拥有一个和谐的董事会。