donkey是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 驴子; 蠢人; 顽固的人,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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The cave was thus divided into three or four rooms, if such dark dens with which a donkey would scarcely have been contented deserved the name.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Very early next morning, Short fulfilled his promise, and knocking softly at her door, entreated that she would get up directly, as the proprietor of the dogs was still snoring, and if they lost no time they might get a good deal in advance both of him and the conjuror, who was talking in his sleep, and from what he could be heard to say, appeared to be balancing a donkey in his dreams.
-- Neither was it a poor caravan drawn by a single donkey or emaciated horse, for a pair of horses in pretty good condition were released from the shafts and grazing on the frouzy grass.
-- When she had exhibited these leviathans of public announcement to the astonished child, she brought forth specimens of the lesser fry in the shape of hand-bills, some of which were couched in the form of parodies on popular melodies, as 'Believe me if all Jarley's wax-work so rare' 'I saw thy show in youthful prime' 'Over the water to Jarley;' while, to consult all tastes, others were composed with a view to the lighter and more facetious spirits, as a parody on the favourite air of 'If I had a donkey,' beginning,If I know'd a donkey wot wouldn't goTo see Mrs JARLEY'S wax-work show,Do you think I'd acknowledge him?
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That was very shocking, too, for the potter is a low-caste man, and his donkey is worse.
-- When the priest scolded him, Mowgli threatened to put him on the donkey too, and the priest told Messua's husband that Mowgli had better be set to work as soon as possible; and the village head-man told Mowgli that he would have to go out with the buffaloes next day, and herd them while they grazed.
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