brother是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 兄弟； 同胞； 教友，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：
-- They were evidently brother and sister, for the resemblance was unmistakable.
-- interrupted Lady Helena; "you and your brother are not strangers in this house, and I should like Lord Glenarvan to be able on his arrival to tell the children of Captain Grant himself, what is going to be done to rescue their father."
-- It was impossible to refuse an invitation given with such heart, and Miss Grant and her brother consented to stay till Lord Glenarvan returned.
-- She told her brother about the advertisement, and the two children started off together that same day for Perth, where they took the train, and arrived in the evening at Malcolm Castle.
-- Mary Grant and her brother were up very early next morning, and were walking about in the courtyard when they heard the sound of a carriage approaching.
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：
-- He is a professional brother of yours, and your presence may be of assistance to me.
-- 'Since Rodger Baskerville, Sir Charles's younger brother died unmarried, the estate would descend to the Desmonds, who are distant cousins.
-- There could not have been a greater contrast between brother and sister, for Stapleton was neutral tinted, with light hair and gray eyes, while she was darker than any brunette whom I have seen in England slim, elegant, and tall.
-- Her eyes were on her brother as I turned, and then she quickened her pace towards me.
-- Get away from this place at all costs!Hush, my brother is coming!Not a word of what I have said.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Of course my mother couldn't do anything she's too old and whatever brother Senka says is law for her!But why couldn't he let me know?
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "How strange this is!what can be the meaning of it!But the whole of their behaviour to each other has been unaccountable!How cold, how composed were their last adieus!How languid their conversation the last evening of their being together!In Edward's farewell there was no distinction between Elinor and me: it was the good wishes of an affectionate brother to both.
-- The estate at Delaford was never reckoned more than two thousand a year, and his brother left everything sadly involved.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was ably assisted by his brother of the blue, who poured ponderous oaths upon the troubled waters.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well,' says Buck, 'a feud is this way: A man has a quar- rel with another man, and kills him; then that other man's brother kills HIM; then the other brothers, on both sides, goes for one another; then the COUSINS chip in and by and by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud.
-- 'Well, he don't miss any property by it, because he'll get that all right; but he's missed seeing his brother Peter die which he mayn't mind, nobody can tell as to that but his brother would a give anything in this world to see HIM before he died; never talked about nothing else all these three weeks; hadn't seen him since they was boys together and hadn't ever seen his brother William at all that's the deef and dumb one William ain't more than thir- ty or thirty-five.
-- Sudden as winking the ornery old cretur went an to smash, and fell up against the man, and put his chin on his shoulder, and cried down his back, and says: 'Alas, alas, our poor brother gone, and we never got to see him; oh, it's too, too hard!'
-- Well, by and by the king he gets up and comes for- ward a little, and works himself up and slobbers out a speech, all full of tears and flapdoodle about its being a sore trial for him and his poor brother to lose the diseased, and to miss seeing diseased alive after the long journey of four thousand mile, but it's a trial that's sweetened and sanctified to us by this dear sym- pathy and these holy tears, and so he thanks them out of his heart and out of his brother's heart, because out of their mouths they can't, words being too weak and cold, and all that kind of rot and slush, till it was just sicken-ing; and then he blubbers out a pious goody- goody Amen, and turns himself loose and goes to cry- ing fit to bust.
-- Then the king begins to work his jaw again, and says how him and his nieces would be glad if a few of the main princi-pal friends of the family would take supper here with them this evening, and help set up with the ashes of the diseased; and says if his poor brother laying yonder could speak he knows who he would name, for they was names that was very dear to him, and mentioned often in his letters; and so he will name the same, to wit, as follows, vizz.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- CHAPTER 10 The Marionettes recognize their brother Pinocchio, and greet him with loud cheers; but the Director, Fire Eater, happens along and poor Pinocchio almost loses his life.
-- It is our brother Pinocchio!Hurrah for Pinocchio!"
-- At that sneeze, Harlequin, who until then had been as sad as a weeping willow, smiled happily and leaning toward the Marionette, whispered to him: "Good news, brother mine!Fire Eater has sneezed and this is a sign that he feels sorry for you.
-- "I love you, too," answered the Fairy, "and if you wish to stay with me, you may be my little brother and I'll be your good little sister."
-- In its place lay a small marble slab, which bore this sad inscription: HERE LIES THE LOVELY FAIRY WITH AZURE HAIR WHO DIED OF GRIEF WHEN ABANDONED BY HER LITTLE BROTHER PINOCCHIO The poor Marionette was heartbroken at reading these words.
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