delicate是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 易碎的; 易生病的, 娇弱的; 精巧的; 微妙的; 美味的，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《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 芒聙娄 I know all about it!But I see that's a delicate matter and I am an ass; forgive me.
-- 538 Crime and Punishment 'Do you know, I gave her the most delicate instructions, so to speak, for inviting that lady and her daughter, you understand of whom I am speaking?
-- For a minute he gazed at the delicate expressive face of his betrothed, kissed the portrait and gave it to Dou-nia.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- My auntevidently liked the offer, though she was delicate of accepting it.
-- It would have been better, as it turned out, to have led gently up tohis announcement, for Mrs. Micawber, being in a delicate state ofhealth, was overcome by it, and was taken so unwell, that Mr.Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to thewater-butt in the back-yard, and draw a basinful to lave her browwith.
-- It was wonderful to see his face shining at us out of a thin cloud ofthese delicate fumes, as he stirred, and mixed, and tasted, andlooked as if he were making, instead of punch, a fortune for hisfamily down to the latest posterity.
-- I provided, and sent down by the Norwoodcoach the night before, a delicate little hamper, amounting in itself,I thought, almost to a declaration.
-- Excellent fellow as I knew Traddles to be, and warmly attached tohim as I was, I could not help wishing, on that delicate occasion,that he had never contracted the habit of brushing his hair so veryupright.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She was not a woman of strong understanding or any quickness; and with this resemblance of her father, she inherited also much of his constitution; was delicate in her own health, over-careful of that of her children, had many fears and many nerves, and was as fond of her own Mr. Wingfield in town as her father could be of Mr. Perry.
-- 'You get upon delicate subjects, Emma,' said Mrs. Weston smiling; 'remember that I am here. Mr.
-- Good fires and carriages would be much more to the purpose in most cases of delicate health, and I dare say in her's.
-- 'I do not find myself making any use of the word sac-rifice,' said she. 'In not one of all my clever replies, my delicate negatives, is there any allusion to making a sacrifice.
-- Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The picture was a delicate one.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The fact was that she needed the Countess' services on the delicate mission of sounding Goriot; the countess must sing her praises in his ears.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions; but how was I ter-rified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool!At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification.
-- Felix was too delicate to accept this offer, yet he looked forward to the probability of the event as to the consummation of his happiness.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In her face were too sharply blended the delicate features of her mother, a Coast aristocrat of Frenchdescent, and the heavy ones of her florid Irish father.
-- These latter young men were as anxious to fight the Yankees, should war come, as were their richer neighbors;but the delicate question of money arose.
-- The sky above turned slowly from azure to the delicate blue-green of a robin's egg, andthe unearthly stillness of rural twilight came stealthily down about her.
-- She was more like her father thanher younger sisters, for Carreen, who had been born Caroline Irene, was delicate and dreamy, and Suellen, christenedSusan Elinor, prided herself on her elegance and ladylike deportment.
-- It was delicate embroidery if company were present, but at other times her hands were occupied withGerald's ruffled shirts, the girls' dresses or garments for the slaves.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "That's Bentley Drummle," I replied; "the one with the delicate face is Startop."
-- Not making the least account of "the one with the delicate face," he returned, "Bentley Drummle is his name, is it?
扩展阅读：