impossible是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 不可能的; 难以忍受的, 很难对付的,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。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That he was not entitled to the property was known to the judges as well as to the claimant and his attorney, but the mode of their procedure was such that it was impossible to dismiss their claim.
-- That it was impossible to tell by the changes in the stomach and intestines the name of the poison; and that the poison came into the stomach mixed with wine could be inferred from the fact that Smelkoff's stomach contained a large quantity of wine.
-- It was absolutely impossible to understand the conversations.
-- At first, when written to for aid, he proceeded immediately to intercede for the applicants, endeavoring to relieve their condition, but in the end their number became so great that he found it impossible to help every one, and was involuntarily brought to a fourth matter, which had of late occupied him more than either of the others.
-- It is impossible not to love them.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I have a memory of horrible fatigue, as the long night of despair wore away; of looking in this impossible place and that; of groping among moonlit ruins and touching strange creatures in the black shadows; at last, of lying on the ground near the sphinx and weeping with absolute wretchedness, even anger at the folly of leaving the machine having leaked away with my strength.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 'There's no use trying,' she said: 'one can't believe impossible things.'
-- Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
-- On this occasion the kitten only purred: and it was impossible to guess whether it meant 'yes' or 'no.'
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Indeed, it seemed impossible for either of us to remain much longer in the house; the fall of coals in the kitchen grate, the very ticking of the clock, filled us with alarms.
-- Indeed, on a second glance, it seemed impossible to fancy that the body was in a natural position.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But to speak the truth, imprisoned in these heavy garments, and glued to the deck by my leaden soles, it was impossible for me to take a step.
-- This short rest seemed delicious to me; there was nothing wanting but the charm of conversation; but, impossible to speak, impossible to answer, I only put my great copper head to Conseil's.
-- Several times it approached within some few yards, and the Canadian was ready to strike, but the dugong made off with a sudden plunge, and it was impossible to reach it.
-- It was almost impossible to keep one's foot on the platform, which the heavy rolls of the sea beat over every instant.
-- Generally, when we can proceed no further, we have return still open to us; but here return was as impossible as advance, for every pass had closed behind us; and for the few moments when we were stationary, we were likely to be entirely blocked, which did indeed happen about two o'clock in the afternoon, the fresh ice forming around its sides with astonishing rapidity.
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:
-- On the edge of her consciousness the question was asking itself, automatically:"Why are you behaving in this impossible and ridiculous fashion."
-- It seemed impossible to everybody that the thread of life could be drawn out so thin, and yet not break.
-- It is quite impossible really to let go, in England, of that I am assured."
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Oh, God confound you, Mr. Lockwood!I wish you were at the ' commenced my host, setting the candle on a chair, because he found it impossible to hold it steady.
-- That sounds ill natured: but she was so proud it became really impossible to pity her distresses, till she should be chastened into more humility.
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