possible是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 可能的, 做得到的; 合理的; 可允许的,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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- After an instant, Lord Edward said again, "To my own mind the hypothesis is so plausible, that I have no doubt whatever the event occurred on the coast of Patagonia, but still I will have inquiries made in Glasgow, as to the destination of the BRITANNIA, and we shall know if it is possible she could have been wrecked on those shores."
-- "My poor child, there is but a faint hope; but with the help of almighty Heaven it is just possible you may one day see your father once more."
-- Preparations commenced the same day, but as secretly as possible to prevent the Indians getting scent of it.
-- "Well, Paganel, I wonder if it is possible to make him understand the object of our expedition, and what our motive is for always going east."
-- It was quite possible that the three men had become separated long ago; but still this much was certain, that the Indians had spoken of a European that was in their power; and the date of the captivity, and even the descriptive phrase about the captive, evidently pointed to Harry Grant.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 'There was no possible indication that we intended to go to this hotel.'
-- 'If any possible doubt remained it is settled by the fact that 'keep away' and 'from the' are cut out in one piece.'
-- 'Well, of course, that is possible also.
-- 'Is it possible that you could come yourself, Mr. Holm-es?'
-- 'I will not bias your mind by suggesting theories or sus-picions, Watson,' said he; 'I wish you simply to report facts in the fullest possible manner to me, and you can leave me to do the theorizing.'
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- There is such a thing as business, and I really do not see what possible reason there can be, or what we have in common to ' 'Oh, there is no reason, of course, and I suppose there is nothing in common between us, or very little; for if I am Prince Muishkin, and your wife happens to be a member of my house, that can hardly be called a 'reason.'
-- Nina Alexandrovna, Gania's mother, and Varvara Alexandrovna, are ladies for whom I have the high-est possible esteem and respect.
-- For a man of Totski's wealth and standing, it would, of course, have been the simplest possible matter to take steps which would rid him at once from all annoyance; while it was obviously impossible for Nastasia Philipovna to harm him in any way, either legally or by stirring up a scandal, for, in case of the latter danger, he could so easily remove her to a sphere of safety.
-- It is quite possible she was not herself at the moment, though I cannot fathom her meaning.
-- It is more than possible that Varvara Ardalionovna is right.'
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It is possible that he may be a god, but if he is the man I say he is, he is not making all this havoc without heaven's help, but has some god by his side who is shrouded in a cloud of darkness, and who turned my arrow aside when it had hit him.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "You wim' don't know everything," said Mr. Hall, resolved to ascertain more about the personality of his guest at the earliest possible opportunity.
-- It was the finest of all possible Whit Mondays, and down the village street stood a row of nearly a dozen booths, a shooting gallery, and on the grass by the forge were three yellow and chocolate waggons and some picturesque strangers of both sexes putting up a cocoanut shy.
-- "I'm the worst possible tool you could have," said Marvel.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She cast about vainly for some possible place to apply, but found no door which she had the courage to enter.
-- It was a finer mental strain in her that made possible her depression and loneliness.
-- Through George, Jr.'s, possible success she might draw to herself the privilege of pointing proudly.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That was very good and kind of you to want me to suffer as little as possible and I shall remember you always.
-- "Do you think it possible for a Marionette, a yard high, to have the strength to carry me on his shoulders and swim?"
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