minute是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 分钟， 片刻； (pl. ) 会议记录a. 微小的，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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Yes, my dear Miss Grant, and I am expecting Lord Glenarvan back every minute now."
-- Mr. Olbinett chanced to be passing that minute on his way from the galley, and what was his astonishment at hearing himself addressed like this by a lanky individual of whom he had no knowledge whatever.
-- The most minute inquiries were fruitless, and Lord Glenarvan returned to the yacht to report his ill success.
-- Mind what you are saying; I dare say a minute seemed a very long time to you.
-- The next minute they heard their claws attacking the moldering wood, and already formidable paws and hungry, savage jaws had found their way through the palings.
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：
-- The baronet stood for a minute looking after them, and then he walked slowly back the way that he had come, his head hanging, the very picture of dejection.
-- For a minute I stood there with the paper in my hands thinking out the meaning of this curt message.
-- He was only a minute or so inside, and then I heard the key turn once more and he passed me and re-entered the house.
-- Every minute that white woolly plain which covered one half of the moor was drifting closer and closer to the house.
-- In a minute we had torn off the gag, unswathed the bonds, and Mrs. Stapleton sank upon the floor in front of us.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She instantly begged her sister would entreat Lady Middleton to take them home, as she was too miserable to stay a minute longer.
-- Would either of them only have given her a full and minute account of the whole affair between Marianne and Mr. Willoughby, she would have thought herself amply rewarded for the sacrifice of the best place by the fire after dinner, which their arrival occasioned.
-- She joined them sometimes at Sir John's, sometimes at her own house; but wherever it was, she always came in excellent spirits, full of delight and importance, attributing Charlotte's well doing to her own care, and ready to give so exact, so minute a detail of her situation, as only Miss Steele had curiosity enough to desire.
-- Nothing escaped HER minute observation and general curiosity; she saw every thing, and asked every thing; was never easy till she knew the price of every part of Marianne's dress; could have guessed the number of her gowns altogether with better judgment than Marianne herself, and was not without hopes of finding out before they parted, how much her washing cost per week, and how much she had every year to spend upon herself.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Carrie," he said, looking into her face and assuming a serious look which he did not feel, "suppose I were to come to you next week, or this week for that matter--to-night say--and tell you I had to go away--that I couldn't stay another minute and wasn't coming back any more--would you come with me?"
-- Minute after minute slipped by and still she hesitated, he pleading.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I reckoned I couldn't stand it more'n a minute longer, but I set my teeth hard and got ready to try.
-- Pretty soon he was all tired out, and dropped down with his back against the door, and said he would rest a minute and then kill me.
-- Well, I didn't see no way for a while, but by and by pap raised up a minute to drink another bar-rel of water, and he says: 'Another time a man comes a-prowling round here you roust me out, you hear?
-- The next minute I was a- spinning down stream soft but quick in the shade of the bank.
-- So I took my gun and slipped off towards where I had run across that camp fire, stopping every minute or two to listen.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Wait a minute and I'll come right back," answered the old fellow, thinking he had to deal with one of those boys who love to roam around at night ringing people's bells while they are peacefully asleep.
-- After a minute or two, the same voice cried: "Get under the window and hold out your hat!"
-- There was silence for a minute and the light of the Talking Cricket disappeared suddenly, just as if someone had snuffed it out.
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