finding是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 发现， 发现物； (常pl. ) 调查/研究结果，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《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So he tortured himself, fretting himself with such ques-tions, and finding a kind of enjoyment in it.
-- 'Here,' said Raskolnikov feeling in his pocket and finding twenty copecks, 'here, call a cab and tell him to drive her to 74 Crime and Punishmenther address.
-- He rose to his feet, looked round in wonder as though surprised at finding himself in this place, and went towards the bridge.
-- He knew, he knew perfectly well that at that moment they were at the flat, that they were greatly astonished at finding it unlocked, as the door had just been fastened, that by now they were looking at the bodies, that before another minute had passed they would guess and completely realise that the murderer had just been there, and had succeeded in hiding somewhere, slipping by them and escaping.
-- He remembered however, that on coming out on to the canal bank, he was alarmed at finding few people there and so being more conspicuous, and he had thought of turning back.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Finding him so very friendly and companionable, it was then that Iasked for the pen and ink and paper to write to Peggotty.
-- 'If you please, sir,' I faltered, 'if I might be allowed (I am very sorryindeed, sir, for what I did) to take this writing off, before the boyscome back-' Whether Mr. Creakle was in earnest, or whether heonly did it to frighten me, I don't know, but he made a burst out ofhis chair, before which I precipitately retreated, without waitingfor the escort of the man with the wooden leg, and never oncestopped until I reached my own bedroom, where finding I was notpursued, I went to bed, as it was time, and lay quaking, for acouple of hours.
-- The idea of being again surrounded by those honest faces, 133shining welcome on me; of renewing the peacefulness of the sweetSunday morning, when the bells were ringing, the stones droppingin the water, and the shadowy ships breaking through the mist; ofroaming up and down with little Em'ly, telling her my troubles,and finding charms against them in the shells and pebbles on thebeach; made a calm in my heart.
-- But, finding me well employed,and bearing a good character, and hearing on all hands that I rosefast in the school, she soon discontinued these visits.
-- I gave himminute directions for finding the residence of Mr. Barkis, carrier toBlunderstone and elsewhere; and, on this understanding, went outalone.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had heard, as soon as she got back to Mrs. Goddard's, that Mr. Martin had been there an hour before, and finding she was not at home, nor par-ticularly expected, had left a little parcel for her from one of his sisters, and gone away; and on opening this parcel, she had actually found, besides the two songs which she had lent Elizabeth to copy, a letter to herself; and this letter was from him, from Mr. Martin, and contained a direct pro-posal of marriage.
-- The cold, how-ever, was severe; and by the time the second carriage was in motion, a few flakes of snow were finding their way down, and the sky had the appearance of being so overcharged as to want only a milder air to produce a very white world in a very short time.
-- 'Yes; all the advantages of sitting still when he ought to move, and of leading a life of mere idle pleasure, and fancy-ing himself extremely expert in finding excuses for it.
-- I shall have no difficulty, I suppose, in finding the house; though Fairfax, I believe, is not the proper name I should rather say Barnes, or Bates.
-- She was particularly struck by his manner of considering Mr. Elton's house, which, as well as the church, he would go and look at, and would not join them in finding much fault with.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Finding that the area of a single county did not afford a canvas large enough for this purpose, and that there were objections to an invented name, I disinterred the old one.
-- He was learning the sheep-keeping business, so as to follow on at the flock when the other should die, but had got no further than the rudiments as yet still finding an insuperable difficulty in distinguishing between doing a thing well enough and doing it too well.
-- "Ah, when I and my wife were married at Norcombe Church," said the old maltster, not pleased at finding himself left out of the subject, "we were called the handsomest couple in the neighbourhood everybody said so."
-- The exquisite relief of finding that she was here again, safe and sound, overpowered all reflection, and Oak could only luxuriate in the sense of it.
-- Coggan and Oak nodded respectfully to the farmer, just checked their paces to discover if they were wanted, and finding they were not stood back to let him pass on.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Surely a clever and high-spirited young man, whose wit and courage were set off to advantage by a graceful figure and the vigorous kind of beauty that readily strikes a woman's imagination, need not despair of finding a protectress.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I first became acquainted with him on board a whale vessel; finding that he was unemployed in this city, I easily engaged him to assist in my enterprise.
-- I spoke of my desire of finding a friend, of my thirst for a more intimate sympa-thy with a fellow mind than had ever fallen to my lot, and expressed my conviction that a man could boast of little happiness who did not enjoy this blessing.
-- 118 Frankenstein 'It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half fright-ened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate.
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