avail是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为v. 有益于, 有用; n. 用处, 利益,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。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "Of course, what I should like best, would be if you could give up your work at the Grammar School, and just avail yourself of the studio, and work there well, as much or as little as you liked "He looked at Gudrun with dark, vacant eyes.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They must now avail themselves of the ebb to take the wood to the mouth.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- With this substantial comfort, the dwarf regaled himself to his heart's content; and being highly satisfied with this free and gipsy mode of life (which he had often meditated, as offering, whenever he chose to avail himself of it, an agreeable freedom from the restraints of matrimony, and a choice means of keeping Mrs Quilp and her mother in a state of incessant agitation and suspense), bestirred himself to improve his retreat, and render it more commodious and comfortable.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- And when he was reprimanded he left the house and refused to avail himself of his father's means.
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