even是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 一致的, 双数的, 均等的 vt. 使平坦 ad. 即使,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。
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- A large hedge of thorns soon grew round the palace, and 35every year it became higher and thicker; till at last the old palace was surrounded and hidden, so that not even the roof or the chimneys could be seen.
-- And as for this soldier, even if I had not given him his sleeping draught, he would have slept soundly enough.'
-- 'What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking!He can never even get out of the spring to 61visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.'
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But you, or your interpolator, ought to have considered, that it was not my inclination, so was it not decent to praise any animal of our composition before my master Houyhnhnm: And besides, the fact was altogether false; for to my knowledge, being in England during some part of her majesty's reign, she did govern by a chief minis-ter; nay even by two successively, the first whereof was the lord of Godolphin, and the second the lord of Oxford; so that you have made me say the thing that was not.
-- And is there less probability in my account of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many thousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in Houyhnhnmland, be-cause they use a sort of jabber, and do not go naked?
-- Hun-dreds fell down as if they had been struck dead; and even the emperor, although he stood his ground, could not re-cover himself for some time.
-- The parallel sticks secured them and their horses from fall-ing over the stage; and the emperor was so much delighted, that he ordered this entertainment to be repeated several 41days, and once was pleased to be lifted up and give the word of command; and with great difficulty persuaded even the empress herself to let me hold her in her close chair within two yards of the stage, when she was able to take a full view of the whole performance.
-- And who knows but that even this prodigious race of mor-tals might be equally overmatched in some distant part of the world, whereof we have yet no discovery.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That exactly in the ratio as they worked long and monotonously, the craving grew within them for some physical relief some relaxation, encouraging good humour and good spirits, and giving them a vent some recognized holiday, though it were but for an honest dance to a stirring band of music some occasional light pie in which even M'Choakumchild had no finger which craving must and would be satisfied aright, or must and would inevitably go wrong, until the laws of the Creation were repealed?
-- While, from Mr. Gradgrind, he heard in his much lower tone the words, 'But even as an example to Louisa, of what this pursuit which has been the subject of a vulgar curiosity, leads to and ends in.
-- The latter part of this speech was addressed to Mr. Gradgrind, who received it with a grave inclination of his head, and then remarked:'The only observation I will make to you, Jupe, in the way of influencing your decision, is, that it is highly desirable to have a sound practical education, and that even your father himself (from what I understand) appears, on your behalf, to have known and felt that much.'
-- Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was, and even to appear uncertain whether it might be a business, or a political party, or a profession of faith.
-- However, as you are aware, ma'am, I don't allow of even oversights towards you.'
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They were truly so wonderful that even now I am bewildered when I think of them.
-- If, however, I prove wrong in this guess, we must try Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, and even Hebrew.
-- But my uncle, who never thought even of such sublunary matters, knew nothing of this.
-- Still time went on; night came, the sounds in the streets ceased--and still my uncle went on, not even answering our worthy cook when she called us to supper.
-- He was so overcome by one idea that he could not even get in a passion!All his energies were focused on one point.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Nevertheless he too was a rebel: rebelling even against his class.
-- Even the war was ridiculous, though it did kill rather a lot of people.
-- And this sur-passed even ridicule, the flippant young laughed no more.
-- He was terrified even of this.
-- So cut off he was, so divorced from the England that was really England, so utterly inca-pable, that he even thought well of Horatio Bottomley.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- In one of its chambers, so repulsive a place that even the obtrusive stare blinked at it, and left it to such refuse of reflected light as it could find for itself, were two men.
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