case是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 箱, 盒, 容器; 情况, 事实; 病例; 案件,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。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Flashing through the county, not neglecting but certainly not enlarging his own practice, Martin mapped every recent case of typhoid within five miles of Delft.
-- He was so fortunate as to have a case of small-pox and several which he suspected.
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:
-- But reflecting that it would be impossible to take it back now and that in any case he would not have taken it, he dismissed it with a wave of his hand and went back to his lodging.
-- Moreover, the evidence of the servants, too, cleared Dounia's reputation; they had seen and known a great deal more than Mr. Svidriga脙炉lov had himself supposed as indeed is always the case with servants.
-- He has to be in Petersburg because he has an impor-tant case before the Senate.
-- In the previous winter a student he knew called Pokorev, who had left for Harkov, had chanced in conver-sation to give him the address of Alyona Ivanovna, the old pawnbroker, in case he might want to pawn anything.
-- When he reached these conclusions, he decided that in his own case there could not be such a morbid reaction, that his reason and will would remain unimpaired at the time of carrying out his design, for the simple reason that his design was 'not a crime芒聙娄.'
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- My mother was somuch worse that Peggotty, coming in with the tea-board andcandles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was,- as Miss Betseymight have done sooner if there had been light enough,conveyedher upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately des-patched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some dayspast secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a specialmessenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
-- The case is so hopeless,and I feel that I am wallowing in such a bog of nonsense, that I giveup all idea of getting out, and abandon myself to my fate.
-- Mr. Micawber returned to the King's Bench when his case wasover, as some fees were to be settled, and some formalitiesobserved, before he could be actually released.
-- 'That he may be ready in case of anything turning up.'
-- In case of anything turning up (ofwhich I am rather confident), I shall be extremely happy if itshould be in my power to improve your prospects.'
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But for Harriet's sake, or rather for my own, and as there are no husbands and wives in the case at present, I will break my resolution now.'
-- Mr. Elton seemed very properly struck and delighted by the idea, and was repeating, 'No husbands and wives in the case at present indeed, as you observe.
-- But the case is altered now.
-- 'It is unfortunate that they cannot stay longer but it seems a case of necessity.
-- 'That is the case with us all, papa.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- To find themselves utterly alone at night where company is desirable and expected makes some people fearful; but a case more trying by far to the nerves is to discover some mysterious companionship when intuition, sensation, memory, analogy, testimony, probability, induction every kind of evidence in the logician's list have united to persuade consciousness that it is quite in isolation.
-- Oak suddenly ceased from being a mere spectator by discovering the case to be more serious than he had at first imagined.
-- The case is not unexampled in high places.
-- If there had been a respectable minority on either side, the case would have been most natural.
-- "H'm I'm afraid not one to build much hope upon in such a case as this," the farmer murmured, "though he's a clever fellow, and up to everything.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The whole property brought in about three thousand francs; and though the amount varied with the season (as must always be the case in a vine-growing district), they were obliged to spare an unvarying twelve hundred francs out of their income for him.
-- "Then you have seen a case before?"
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