great是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 伟大的； 重要的； 大量的； 很好的； 美好的，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：
-- The three great regions form the sub-titles of the three books which compose the story.
-- As he got nearer, his great projecting eyes could be seen inflamed with greed, and his gaping jaws with their quadruple row of teeth.
-- The sides were very thick, and strong enough to bear great pressure.
-- "Now, friends," said Lord Glenarvan, "let us go on with our investigations, for we are on the track of a great catastrophe, and the lives of several human beings depend on our sagacity.
-- He had scarcely been married three months, and his bride was Miss Helena Tuffnell, the daughter of William Tuffnell, the great traveler, one of the many victims of geographical science and of the passion for discovery.
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：
-- 'I think also that the probability is in favour of his being a country practitioner who does a great deal of his visiting on foot.'
-- The thick-iron ferrule is worn down, so it is evident that he has done a great amount of walking with it.'
-- 'A dabbler in science, Mr. Holmes, a picker up of shells on the shores of the great unknown ocean.
-- 'Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
-- Then, as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for, rushing down the stairs into the dining-hall, he sprang upon the great table, flagons and trenchers flying before him, and he cried aloud before all the compa-ny that he would that very night render his body and soul to the Powers of Evil if he might but overtake the wench.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The morning was so damp and misty that it was only with great difficulty that the day succeeded in breaking; and it was impossible to distinguish anything more than a few yards away from the carriage windows.
-- observed the clerk, while his face assumed an expression of great deference and servil-ity if not of absolute alarm: 'what, a son of that very Semen Rogojin hereditary honourable citizen who died a month or so ago and left two million and a half of roubles?'
-- As for his red-nosed neighbour, the latter since the in-formation as to the identity of Rogojin hung over him, seemed to be living on the honey of his words and in the breath of his nostrils, catching at every syllable as though it were a pearl of great price.
-- She is connected with one Totski, Afanasy Ivanovitch, a man of considerable property, a director of companies, and so on, and a great friend of General Epanchin, who is interested in the same matters as he is.'
-- The prince observed Rogojin with great curiosity; he seemed paler than ever at this moment.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.
-- Now Chryses had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant's wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs.
-- They have not raid-ed my cattle nor my horses, nor cut down my harvests on the rich plains of Phthia; for between me and them there is a great space, both mountain and sounding sea.
-- Therefore I say, and swear it with a great oath nay, by this my sceptre which shalt sprout neither leaf nor shoot, nor bud anew from the day on which it left its parent stem upon the mountains for the axe stripped it of leaf and bark, and now the sons of the Achaeans bear it as judges and guardians of the decrees of heaven so surely and solemnly do I swear that hereafter they shall look fondly for Achilles and shall not find him.
-- With all sincerity and goodwill, therefore, he addressed them thus: 'Of a truth,' he said, 'a great sorrow has befallen the Achaean land.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Invisible Man A Grotesque Romance By H. G. Wells CONTENTS I The strange Man's Arrival II Mr. Teddy Henfrey's first Impressions III The thousand and one Bottles IV Mr. Cuss interviews the Stranger V The Burglary at the Vicarage VI The Furniture that went mad VII The Unveiling of the Stranger VIII In Transit IX Mr. Thomas Marvel X Mr. Marvel's Visit to Iping XI In the "Coach and Horses" XII The invisible Man loses his Temper XIII Mr. Marvel discusses his Resignation XIV At Port Stowe XV The Man who was running XVI In the "Jolly Cricketers" XVII Dr. Kemp's Visitor XVIII The invisible Man sleeps XIX Certain first Principles XX At the House in Great Portland Street XXI In Oxford Street XXII In the Emporium XXIII In Drury Lane XXIV The Plan that failed XXV The Hunting of the invisible Man XXVI The Wicksteed Murder XXVII The Siege of Kemp's House XXVIII The Hunter hunted The Epilogue CHAPTER I THE STRANGE MAN'S ARRIVAL The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand.
-- The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.
-- He was irradiated by the dawn of a great amazement.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Being people of great refinement, they did not want to offend you so deeply as not to allow you the honor of paying the bill."
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