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单词 narrate
释义
narratenar‧rate /nəˈreɪt $ ˈnæreɪt, næˈreɪt, nə-/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINnarrate
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin past participle of narrare, from gnarus ‘knowing’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
narrate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theynarrate
he, she, itnarrates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theynarrated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave narrated
he, she, ithas narrated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad narrated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill narrate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have narrated
Continuous Form
PresentIam narrating
he, she, itis narrating
you, we, theyare narrating
PastI, he, she, itwas narrating
you, we, theywere narrating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been narrating
he, she, ithas been narrating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been narrating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be narrating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been narrating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • "The Snowman", narrated by Bernard Cribbins
  • John Peace narrates his tale, taking us from his beginnings through university and professional training into his old age.
  • Omar Sharif narrated a documentary on the origins of Egypt's pyramids.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He is writing to his sister, narrating the extraordinary tale that he has been told by Frankenstein.
  • Krieger rarely gets a strike while narrating his lessons, which is great: His ego is in check.
  • Linda Ronstadt narrates this fitting tribute to a Tucson treasure.
  • Magona has a surer touch when narrating the sweep of history that builds up to create inevitable results.
  • Teaching history meant above all knowing how to narrate it.
  • The account of events leading up to her dismissal and her subsequent reinstatement is skilfully narrated.
  • The series narrates his attempts to find employment.
  • The twice-a-week free tours are narrated by museum docents.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto tell a story
· Some people are really good at telling stories.· You said you would tell me a story if I was good.tell (sb) a story about · He began by telling the children a story about a giant who was very unpopular with all the other giants because he wouldn't eat people.
to tell a story by describing all the events in order, especially at the same time as actors act them out: · "The Snowman", narrated by Bernard Cribbins· John Peace narrates his tale, taking us from his beginnings through university and professional training into his old age.
a person who tells stories for entertainment: · He was a marvellous storyteller. The children would listen to him for hours.· In the old oral tradition, the storyteller was an important link with the past.
the person in a story who seems to speak directly to the reader and who describes everything that happens - used especially when you write about literature: · Ishmael, the narrator of the story, tells the reader why he went to sea.· Flaubert's narrator enters Emma Bovary's consciousness from time to time, to describe events from her point of view.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· There she hesitatingly narrated her tragic story.
1to explain what is happening in a film or television programme as part of the film or programme:  a wildlife film narrated by David Attenborough2to tell a story by describing all the events in order, for example in a booknarrator:  The main character narrates the story.
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