sentence是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 句子; 判决, 宣判v. 宣判, 判决,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《格兰特船长的女儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Well now, the man at the helm has only to give a turn at the wheel, and the DUNCAN will sail as easily to Calcutta as to Concepcion; and since it is only a pleasure trip that you are—"His proposal was met by such grave, disapproving shakes of the head, that he stopped short before the sentence was completed; and Lady Helena said:"Monsieur Paganel, if we were only on a pleasure trip, I should reply, ‘Let us all go to India together,' and I am sure Lord Glenarvan would not object; but the DUNCAN is going to bring back shipwrecked mariners who were cast away on the shores of Patagonia, and we could not alter such a destination."
-- "I am even not sorry—"But no one ever knew what he was not sorry about, for the poor man was obliged to swallow down the rest of his sentence with half a pint of muddy water.
-- "After leaving Australia in—"This last sentence was not completed.
-- "We must—"His compassionate sentence remained unfinished, for, just at that moment the child turned over in his sleep, and, to the extreme surprise of everybody, there was a large label on his shoulders, on which the following was written:TOLINE.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Across the middle of it a single sentence had been formed by the expedient of pasting printed words upon it.
-- The commutation of his death sentence had been due to some doubts as to his complete sanity, so atrocious was his conduct.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- He had begun his sentence intending to say, 'Surely you are not Prince Muishkin, are you?'
-- A murder by sentence is far more dreadful than a murder committed by a criminal.
-- This man had once been brought to the scaffold in company with several others, and had had the sentence of death by shooting passed upon him for some political crime.
-- We have only just begun, however ' Again Nastasia Philipovna did not hear the sentence out.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I'll try again, and if that fails, why then... Leaving his sentence unfinished, he seized pen and pa-per and wrote to Jo, telling her that he could not settle to anything while there was the least hope of her changing her mind.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- In our station-houses, men and women are every night confined on the most trivial charges--the word is worth noting--in dungeons, compared with which, those in Newgate, occupied by the most atrocious felons, tried, found guilty, and under sentence of death, are palaces.
-- The first sentence was addressed to Susan; and the exclamations of delight were uttered to Mr. Bumble: as the good lady unlocked the garden-gate: and showed him, with great attention and respect, into the house.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She then read the first sentence aloud, which comprised the information of their having just resolved to follow their brother to town directly, and of their meaning to dine in Grosvenor Street, where Mr. Hurst had a house.
-- MThe very first sentence conveyed the assurance of their being all settled in London for the winter, and con-cluded with her brother's regret at not having had time to pay his respects to his friends in Hertfordshire before he left the country.
-- Elizabeth noticed every sentence conveying the idea of uneasiness, with an attention which it had hardly received on the first perusal.
-- She read with an ea-gerness which hardly left her power of comprehension, and from impatience of knowing what the next sentence might bring, was incapable of attending to the sense of the one before her eyes.
-- Amazed at the alteration of his manner since they last parted, every sentence that he uttered was increasing her embarrassment; and every idea of the impropriety of her being found there recurring to her mind, the few minutes in which they continued were some of the most uncomfortable in her life.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That sentence is very prettily turned.
-- His marriage must still be a distant good; at least, I am afraid it cannot take place very soon. "Such was the sentence which, when misunderstood, so justly offended the delicate feelings of Mrs. Jennings; but after this narration of what really passed between Colonel Brandon and Elinor, while they stood at the window, the gratitude expressed by the latter on their parting, may perhaps appear in general, not less reasonably excited, nor less properly worded than if it had arisen from an offer of marriage.
-- In the whole of her subsequent manner, she traced the direction of a mind awakened to reasonable exertion; for no sooner had they entered their common sitting-room, than Marianne turned her eyes around it with a look of resolute firmness, as if determined at once to accustom herself to the sight of every object with which the remembrance of Willoughby could be connected. She said little, but every sentence aimed at cheerfulness, and though a sigh sometimes escaped her, it never passed away without the atonement of a smile.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Each time there had been no sentence of importance which she could relate, and as for the glances and sensations, what woman would reveal them?
-- "My Lord!what can you do with a man who drawls out a sentence like that?"
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The Marionette, on hearing this sentence passed upon him, was thoroughly stunned.
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