free是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 自由的; 免费的; 免税的; 空闲的vt. 释放,这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢,今天小编就带您了解一下。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- And in answer they argued the questions: Whether or not man is a free agent?
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
-- The air was free from gnats, the earth from weeds or fungi; everywhere were fruits and sweet and delightful flowers; brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- So they walked on together though the wood, Alice with her arms clasped lovingly round the soft neck of the Fawn, till they came out into another open field, and here the Fawn gave a sudden bound into the air, and shook itself free from Alice's arms.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I believe he's a good seaman, but he's too free with the crew to be a good officer.
-- Aboard ship he carried his crutch by a lanyard round his neck, to have both hands as free as possible.
-- And seein' as how you are about to take a pipe, cap'n, I'll make so free as do likewise."
-- If you like the service, well, you'll jine; and if you don't, Jim, why, you're free to answer no free and welcome, shipmate; and if fairer can be said by mortal seaman, shiver my sides!"
-- "Ax your pardon, sir," returned one of the men; "you're pretty free with some of the rules; maybe you'll kindly keep an eye upon the rest.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But this hard body might be a bony covering, like that of the antediluvian animals; and I should be free to class this monster among amphibious reptiles, such as tortoises or alligators.
-- Meanwhile, Ned Land, furious at these proceedings, gave free vent to his indignation.
-- The two strangers, with caps made from the fur of the sea otter, and shod with sea boots of seal's skin, were dressed in clothes of a particular texture, which allowed free movement of the limbs.
-- Not only had he put himself beyond the pale of human laws, but he had made himself independent of them, free in the strictest acceptation of the word, quite beyond their reach!Who then would dare to pursue him at the bottom of the sea, when, on its surface, he defied all attempts made against him?
-- "You said that we should be free on board."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "And if he does want my hat, such as it is," said Birkin, "why, surely it is open to me to decide, which is a greater loss to me, my hat, or my liberty as a free and indifferent man.
-- "One knows those women are impudent these free women who have emancipated themselves from the aristocracy."
-- Birkin, when he could get free from the weight of the people present, whom he disliked, danced rapidly and with a real gaiety.
-- They always kept a gap, a distance between them, they wanted always to be free each of the other.
-- Apart from work they were isolated, free to do as they liked.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I declined joining their breakfast, and, at the first gleam of dawn, took an opportunity of escaping into the free air, now clear, and still, and cold as impalpable ice.
-- Hindley does not often free us from his accursed presence,' observed the boy.
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