battle是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 战役, 战斗; 斗争v. 战斗, 斗争, 搏斗,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《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- This was the scene of the battle of the 22nd of October, 1702.
-- The battle between the cachalots and the whales had already begun when the Nautilus arrived.
-- In 1781, on the 5th of September, it took part in the battle of Comte de Grasse, in Chesapeake Bay.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Gerald was silent in a battle of wills.
-- It was a strange battle between her ordinary consciousness and his uncanny, black-art consciousness.
-- Then suddenly, he elevated the battle gallantly in the air, a strange, grotesque figure leaning towards Gudrun, and said:"Gn脙陇diges Fr脙陇ulein," he said, "wohl "There was a crack, the bottle was flying, Loerke had started back, the three stood quivering in violent emotion.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- For after the battle comes Quiet.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 'I wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are,' she said to herself, as she watched the fight, timidly peeping out from her hiding-place: 'one Rule seems to be, that if one Knight hits the other, he knocks him off his horse, and if he misses, he tumbles off himself and another Rule seems to be that they hold their clubs with their arms, as if they were Punch and Judy What a noise they make when they tumble!Just like a whole set of fire-irons falling into the fender!And how quiet the horses are!They let them get on and off them just as if they were tables!'
-- Another Rule of Battle, that Alice had not noticed, seemed to be that they always fell on their heads, and the battle ended with their both falling off in this way, side by side: when they got up again, they shook hands, and then the Red Knight mounted and galloped off.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Then followed a battle of looks between them, but the captain soon knuckled under, put up his weapon, and resumed his seat, grumbling like a beaten dog.
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