downstairs是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 在楼下， 往楼下，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。
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "If I can just live through this barbecue till this afternoon," she thought, "all the girls will go upstairs to take napsto be fresh for tonight and I'll stay downstairs and get to talk to Ashley.
-- She couldn't go downstairs at this hour of the night and drag her father in from the street.
-- As she struggled with her bushy, obstinate locks, perspiration beading her forehead, she heard light running feet inthe downstairs hall and knew that Melanie was home from the hospital.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When we went downstairs again, Wemmick led me into my guardian's room, and said, "This you've seen already."
-- Twilight was closing in when I went downstairs into the natural air.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Miss Cat went downstairs and sent the wooer away.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Sleary philosophy was propounded as they went downstairs and the fixed eye of Philosophy and its rolling eye, too soon lost the three figures and the basket in the darkness of the street.
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：
-- But in the morning, all the same, she was up at seven, and going downstairs to Clifford.
-- Coming downstairs in the morning, she found the keep-er's dog Flossie sitting in the corridor outside Clifford's room, and whimpering very faintly.
-- She went downstairs calmly, with her old demure bear-ing, at dinner-time.
-- She heard him downstairs open-ing the door.
-- Downstairs she heard him making the fire, pumping wa-ter, going out at the back door.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'To paint,' said she, 'the emotions of that morning when all was marble within and Mr F.'s Aunt followed in a glass-coach which it stands to reason must have been in shameful repair or it never could have broken down two streets from the house and Mr F.'s Aunt brought home like the fifth of November in a rush-bottomed chair I will not attempt, suffice it to say that the hollow form of breakfast took place in the dining-room downstairs that papa partaking too freely of pickled salmon was ill for weeks and that Mr F. and myself went upon a continental tour to Calais where the people fought for us on the pier until they separated us though not for ever that was not yet to be.'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said the old gentleman, as Laurie came running downstairs and brought up with a start of surprise at the astounding sight of Jo arm in arm with his redoubtable grandfather.
-- Keeping that warning carefully in mind, Margaret got safely downstairs and sailed into the drawing rooms where the Moffats and a few early guests were assembled.
-- In ten minutes Jo came running downstairs with a very red face and the general appearance of a person who had just passed through a trying ordeal of some sort.
-- Laurie dashed downstairs for water, while Meg and Hannah supported her, and Jo read aloud, in a frightened voice... Mrs. March: Your husband is very ill. Come at once.
-- As I went downstairs soon after, I saw something I liked.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In three days' time he was able to sit in an easy-chair, well propped up with pillows; and, as he was still too weak to walk, Mrs. Bedwin had him carried downstairs into the little housekeeper's room, which belonged to her.
-- The boy murmured a reply of intelligence: and hurried downstairs after his companions.
-- Mr. Brownlow, seeming to apprehend that his singular friend was about to say something disagreeable, asked Oliver to step downstairs and tell Mrs. Bedwin they were ready for tea; which, as he did not half like the visitor's manner, he was very happy to do.
-- We, being men, took a dark lantern that was standing on Brittle's hob, and groped our way downstairs in the pitch dark,--as it might be so.'
-- He will wake in an hour or so, I dare say; and although I have told that thick-headed constable-fellow downstairs that he musn't be moved or spoken to, on peril of his life, I think we may converse with him without danger.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As they went downstairs together, Charlotte said: 'I shall depend on hearing from you very often, Eliza.'
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