straightforward是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 正直的, 坦率的, 老实的, 简明易懂的，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。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Epanchin could bear her suspense no longer, and in spite of the opposition of husband and daughters, she sent for Aglaya, determined to get a straightforward answer out of her, once for all.
-- The prince was delighted to see him, and im-mediately began to speak of the Epanchins; which simple and straightforward opening quite took Evgenie's fancy, so that he melted at once, and plunged in medias res without ceremony.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His high per-sonal popularity, and the clearness of his answers, made a great impression; but, as he proceeded, as he showed that the Accused was his first friend on his release from his long imprisonment; that, the accused had remained in England, always faithful and devoted to his daughter and himself in their exile; that, so far from being in favour with the Aris-406 A tale of two citiestocrat government there, he had actually been tried for his life by it, as the foe of England and friend of the United States as he brought these circumstances into view, with the greatest discretion and with the straightforward force of truth and earnestness, the Jury and the populace became one.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But for God's sake, be quite straightforward with me."
-- The betrayed husband, who had figured till that time as a pitiful creature, an incidental and somewhat ludicrous obstacle to his happiness, had suddenly been summoned by her herself, elevated to an awe-inspiring pinnacle, and on the pinnacle that husband had shown himself, not malignant, not false, not ludicrous, but kind and straightforward and large.
-- It seemed to him that he had clearly expressed his thoughts and feelings to the best of his capacity, and yet both of them, straightforward men and not fools, had said with one voice that he was comforting himself with sophistries.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And as for some defects of character, for some habits and even certain differences of opinion which indeed are inevitable even in the happiest marriages Dounia has said that, as regards all that, she relies on herself, that there is nothing to be uneasy about, and that she is ready to put up with a great deal, if only their future relationship can be an honourable and straightforward one.
-- But the thing was straightforward and legitimate, and in any case help was closer here.
-- They were a long while trying to discover why the accused man should tell a lie about this, when about everything else he had made a truthful and straightforward confession.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If there had not been so much anger, there would have been des-perate awkwardness; but their straightforward emotions left no room for the little zigzags of embarrassment.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I am a straightforward man, I believe.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It being one of the principles of the Circumlocution Office never, on any account whatever, to give a straightforward answer, Mr Barnacle said, 'Possibly.'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That didn't sound like John, and she knew he was looking up at her with the straightforward look that she had always been ready to meet and answer with one as frank till now.
-- It's really refreshing to see a sensi-ble, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He soon came round again, however; and finding that Oliver's replies to his questions, were still as straightforward and consistent, and still delivered with as much apparent sincerity and truth, as they had ever been, he made up his mind to attach full credence to them, from that time forth.
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