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。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She thought it must be the case that he loved her; she felt that she too might learn to love him, if she could be sure of the firmness of his attachment to herself; but he was very young, and it was a difficult question to decide.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I stand by you too to protect you, and I bid you be instant in fighting the Trojans; but either you are tired out, or you are afraid and out of heart, and in that case I say that you are no true son of Tydeus the son of Oeneus.'
-- Diomed an-swered, 'If you bid me take the man of my own choice, how in that case can I fail to think of Ulysses, than whom there is no man more eager to face all kinds of danger and Pal-las Minerva loves him well?
-- But when he had fled so far towards the ships that he would soon have fallen in with the outposts, Minerva infused fresh strength into the son of Tydeus for fear some other of the Achaeans might have the glory of being first to hit him, and he might him-self be only second; he therefore sprang forward with his spear and said, 'Stand, or I shall throw my spear, and in that case I shall soon make an end of you.'
-- In this case you will drive him from the ships even though he be inspired by Jove himself.'
-- I am in half a mind to thrash you, in which case you will be the first to reap the fruits of your scurvy knavery.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "It's a rummy case altogether.
-- There were a number of skirmishes with Mrs. Hall on matters of domestic discipline, but in every case until late April, when the first signs of penury began, he over-rode her by the easy expedient of an extra payment.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His case was discussed among psychologists at the time as a curious instance of the lapse of memory consequent upon physi-cal and mental stress.
-- 'That alters the case a little, Mr. Prendick,' he said, with a trifle more respect in his manner.
-- Then in the case of exci-sions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.
-- Grafting of freshly obtained mate-rial from another animal is also possible, the case of teeth, for example.
-- But I have confided my case to a strangely able man, a man who had known Moreau, and seemed half to credit my story; a mental specialist, and he has helped me mightily, though I do not expect that the terror of that island will ever altogether leave me.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Bagheera followed in case of accidents.
-- Buldeo hobbled away to the village as fast as he could, looking back over his shoulder in case Mowgli should change into something terrible.
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：
-- 'Even your traditions make the case in my favor, Ch-ingachgook,' he said, speaking in the tongue which was known to all the natives who formerly inhabited the coun-try between the Hudson and the Potomac, and of which we shall give a free translation for the benefit of the reader; endeavoring, at the same time, to preserve some of the pe-culiarities, both of the individual and of the language.
-- 'Surely, surely, our case is not so desperate!'
-- 'Our case is not, cannot be so hopeless!'
-- We will follow with a small guard, for such respect is due to one who holds the honor of his king in keeping; and hark'ee, Duncan,' he added, in a half whisper, though they were alone, 'it may be prudent to have some aid at hand, in case there should be treachery at the bottom of it all.'
-- 'It is possible that the Indians and stragglers of the en-emy may intrude, in which case you will remind them of the terms of the capitulation, and threaten to report their conduct to Montcalm.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Certain it is, this was not the case with the redoubtable Brom Bones; and from the moment Ichabod Crane made his advances, the interests of the former evidently declined: his horse was no longer seen tied to the palings on Sunday nights, and a deadly feud gradually arose between him and the preceptor of Sleepy Hollow.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- told us of a case he was engaged in, and the Colonel talked about polo.
-- "I don't see how anyone can be expected to tackle a case like this unless he knows all the details.
-- But the fear of not being able to carry it through effectively has always made me shy of assuming the moral attitude; and in this case the certainty that my sentiments would be lost on Strickland made it peculiarly embarrassing to utter them.
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