sweetness是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 甜蜜； 新鲜； 温和，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：
-- He was tall in person, and had rather stern features; but there was an exceeding sweetness in his look, and a stamp of Highland poetry about his whole bearing.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- he said, in a voice as re-markable for the softness and sweetness of its tones, as was his person for its rare proportions; 'I may speak of these things, and be no braggart; for I have been down at both havens; that which is situate at the mouth of Thames, and is named after the capital of Old England, and that which is called 'Haven', with the addition of the word 'New'; and have seen the scows and brigantines collecting their droves, like the gathering to the ark, being outward bound to the Island of Jamaica, for the purpose of barter and traffic in four-footed animals; but never before have I beheld a beast which verified the true scripture war-horse like this: 'He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men.
-- The uproar which had so lately echoed through the vaults of the forest was gone, leaving the rush of the waters to swell and sink on the currents of the air, in the unmingled sweetness of nature.
-- But, in the milder moments of their plaint, these emblems of purity and sweetness were cast back to their places, with every sign of tenderness and re-gret.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His only resource on such occasions, either to drown thought or drive away evil spirits, was to sing psalm tunes and the good people of Sleepy Hollow, as they sat by their doors of an evening, were often filled with awe at hearing his nasal melody, 'in linked sweetness long drawn out,' floating from the distant hill, or along the dusky road.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A contented spirit, Mr Richard, is the sweetness of existence.
-- CHAPTER 62A faint light, twinkling from the window of the counting-house on Quilp's wharf, and looking inflamed and red through the night-fog, as though it suffered from it like an eye, forewarned Mr Sampson Brass, as he approached the wooden cabin with a cautious step, that the excellent proprietor, his esteemed client, was inside, and probably waiting with his accustomed patience and sweetness of temper the fulfilment of the appointment which now brought Mr Brass within his fair domain.
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：
-- Her heart was full of the most wonderful light, golden like honey of darkness, sweet like the warmth of day, a light which was not shed on the world, only on the unknown paradise towards which she was going, a sweetness of habitation, a delight of living quite unknown, but hers infallibly.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So, to my fond faith, poor Pip, in this strange sweetness of his lunacy, brings heavenly vouchers of all our heavenly homes.
-- It was far down the afternoon; and when all the spearings of the crimson fight were done: and floating in the lovely sunset sea and sky, sun and whale both stilly died together; then, such a sweetness and such plaintiveness, such inwreathing orisons curled up in that rosy air, that it almost seemed as if far over from the deep green convent valleys of the Manilla isles, the Spanish land-breeze, wantonly turned sailor, had gone to sea, freighted with these vesper hymns.
-- On such a day very much such a sweetness as this I struck my first whale a boy-harpooneer of eighteen!Forty forty forty years ago! ago!Forty years of continual whaling!forty years of privation, and peril, and storm-time!forty years on the pitiless sea!for forty years has Ahab forsaken the peaceful land, for forty years to make war on the horrors of the deep!Aye and yes, Starbuck, out of those forty years I have not spent three ashore.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The very intelligence that shone in her deep blue eye, and was stamped upon her noble head, seemed scarcely of her age, or of the world; and yet the changing expression of sweetness and good humour, the thousand lights that played about the face, and left no shadow there; above all, the smile, the cheerful, happy smile, were made for Home, and fireside peace and happiness.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I am exceedingly gratified,' said Bingley, 'by your con-verting what my friend says into a compliment on the sweetness of my temper.
-- Your sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic; I do not know what to say to you.
-- The chil-dren, two girls of six and eight years old, and two younger boys, were to be left under the particular care of their cous-in Jane, who was the general favourite, and whose steady sense and sweetness of temper exactly adapted her for at-tending to them in every way teaching them, playing with them, and loving them.
-- It is only that he is blessed with greater sweetness of address, and a stronger desire of gener-ally pleasing, than any other man.'
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But now my crop promised very well, when on a sudden I found I was in danger of losing it all again by enemies of several sorts, which it was scarcely possible to keep from it; as, first, the goats, and wild creatures which I called hares, who, tasting the sweetness of the blade, lay in it night and day, as soon as it came up, and eat it so close, that it could get no time to shoot up into stalk.
-- He had a very good countenance, not a fierce and surly aspect, but seemed to have something very manly in his face; and yet he had all the sweetness and softness of a European in his countenance, too, especially when he smiled.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived.
-- She thanked him again and again; and, with a sweetness of address which always attended her, invited him to be seated.
-- Elinor began to find this impertinence too much for her temper; but she was saved the trouble of checking it, by Lucy's sharp reprimand, which now, as on many occasions, though it did not give much sweetness to the manners of one sister, was of advantage in governing those of the other.
-- Such kindness as fell to the share of nobody but me! No pride, no hauteur, and your sister just the same all sweetness and affability!"
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