better是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 较好的ad. 更好(地) v. 改良n. 较佳者，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《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- During the first days of the journey Aouda became better acquainted with her protector, and constantly gave evidence of her deep gratitude for what he had done.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She halted at the fork in the grassy road, and the sick man quavered, "Emmy, ye better turn down towards Cincinnati.
-- Ira clenched his fist and scowled, then belched with laughter, slapped Martin distressingly on the back, and clamored, "Brother, you've got to do better than that to get Ira's goat!You think you've got a lot of these fancy Modern Doubts.
-- Any psychologist desiring a perfectly normal man for use in demonstrations could not have done better than to have engaged Irving Watters.
-- They say, 'Oh, sure, science is all right in its way; helps a doc to treat his patients,' and then they begin to argue about whether they can make more money if they locate in a big city or a town, and is it better for a young doc to play the good-fellow and lodge game, or join the church and look earnest.
-- "Well, if he is, we better go up and begin packing his trunk.
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：
-- She had not any dresses 芒聙娄 none at all, but she got herself up as though she were going on a visit; and not that she'd anything to do it with, she smartened her-self up with nothing at all, she'd done her hair nicely, put on a clean collar of some sort, cuffs, and there she was, quite a different person, she was younger and better looking.
-- What does my hair matter!Bother my hair!That's what I say!Indeed it will be better if she does begin pulling it, that's not what I am afraid of 芒聙娄 it's her eyes I am afraid of 芒聙娄 yes, her eyes 芒聙娄 the red on her cheeks, too, frightens me 芒聙娄 and her breathing too芒聙娄.
-- It's better so.
-- Let her strike me, it relieves her heart 芒聙娄 it's better so 芒聙娄 There is the house.
-- It made me ill, but Dounia bore it better than I did, and if only you could have seen how she endured it all and tried to comfort me and cheer me up!She is an angel!But by God's mercy, our sufferings were cut short: Mr. Svidriga脙炉lov returned to his senses and repented and, probably feeling sorry for Dounia, he laid before Marfa Petrovna a complete and unmistakable proof of Dounia's innocence, in the form of a letter Dounia had been forced to write and give to him, before Marfa Petrovna came upon them in the garden.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I need say nothing here on the first head, because nothing canshow better than my history whether that prediction was verifiedor falsified by the result.
-- When my motheris out of breath and rests herself in an elbow-chair, I watch herwinding her bright curls round her fingers, and straightening herwaist, and nobody knows better than I do that she likes to look sowell, and is proud of being so pretty.
-- Say I am, my child; say "yes," dear boy, and Peggotty will loveyou; and Peggotty's love is a deal better than mine, Davy.
-- I liked him no better than at first, and had the sameuneasy jealousy of him; but if I had any reason for it beyond achild's instinctive dislike, and a general idea that Peggotty and Icould make much of my mother without any help, it certainly wasnot the reason that I might have found if I had been older.
-- He had that kind of shallow black eye- Iwant a better word to express an eye that has no depth in it to belooked into- which, when it is abstracted, seems, from somepeculiarity of light, to be disfigured, for a moment at a time, by acast.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I have a great regard for you and Emma; but when it comes to the question of depen-dence or independence! At any rate, it must be better to 10 Emmahave only one to please than two.'
-- 'With a great deal of pleasure, sir, at any time,' said Mr. Knightley, laughing, 'and I agree with you entirely, that it will be a much better thing.
-- He had never been an unhappy man; his own temper had secured him from that, even in his first marriage; but his second must shew him how de-lightful a well-judging and truly amiable woman could be, and must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it.
-- Ser-le understands boiling an egg better than any body.
-- Mrs. Martin had told her one day (and there was a blush as she said it,) that it was impossible for any body to be a better son, and therefore she was sure, whenever he mar-ried, he would make a good husband.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The sensation may be caused by the panoramic glide of the stars past earthly objects, which is perceptible in a few minutes of stillness, or by the better outlook upon space that a hill affords, or by the wind, or by the solitude; but whatever be its origin, the impression of riding along is vivid and abiding.
-- "I think we had better send for some oatmeal," said the elder woman; "there's no more bran."
-- "Mr. Oak," she said, with luminous distinctness and common sense, "you are better off than I. I have hardly a penny in the world I am staying with my aunt for my bare sustenance.
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