narrative

• n. 敘述；故事；講述
• adj. 敘事的，敘述的；敘事體的

來自narrate,敘述。

narrative (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French narratif, from Late Latin narrativus "suited to narration," from Latin narrat-, stem of narrare (see narration).

narrative (n.)

"a tale, story," 1560s, from Middle French narrative and from narrative (adj.).

1. Their own lives already seemed to possess the symmetries of narrative art.

他們自己的生活似乎已經擁有敘事藝術的對稱性。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Sloan began his narrative with the day of the murder.

斯隆以發生謀殺案的那天作為故事的開端。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The narrative pulls you along like a runaway train.

這個故事就像一輛失控的高速列車，讀起來驚險刺激。

來自柯林斯例句

4. a gripping narrative of their journey up the Amazon

他們沿亞馬孫河而上的扣人心弦的描述

來自《權威詞典》

5. In narrative, the reporting verb is in the past tense.

在敘述過程中, 間接引語的動詞通常用過去式.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》