fact是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 事实, 实际,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:
-- The gold medal, my Lord, is promised to the traveler who will succeed in ascertaining a fact which is one of the greatest DESIDERATA to the geography of India."
-- "Without taking into account the fact that the inhabitants of the Pampas in Patagonia are as much Indians as the natives of the Punjaub."
-- Ships of the largest tonnage find, throughout, sufficient depth of water, even close to the shore, and there is a good bottom everywhere, and abundance of fresh water, and rivers abounding in fish, and forests in game, and plenty of safe and accessible harbors; in fact a thousand things which are lacking in Strait Lemaire and Cape Horn, with its terrible rocks, incessantly visited by hurricane and tempest.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of making themselves agree-able when they chose it, but proud and conceited.
-- In his library he had been always sure of leisure and tranquillity; and though prepared, as he told Elizabeth, to meet with folly and conceit in every other room of the house, he was used to be free from them there; his civility, therefore, was most prompt in inviting Mr. Collins to join his daughters in their walk; and Mr. Collins, being in fact much better fitted for a walker than a reader, was extremely pleased to close his large book, and go.
-- But the fact is, that we are very differ-ent sort of men, and that he hates me.'
-- But in an instant arose the dreadful suspicion of his being purposely omitted for Mr. Darcy's pleasure in the Bingleys' invitation to the officers; and though this was not exactly the case, the absolute fact of his absence was pronounced by his friend Denny, to whom Lydia eagerly ap-plied, and who told them that Wickham had been obliged to go to town on business the day before, and was not yet returned; adding, with a significant smile, 'I do not imagine his business would have called him away just now, if he had not wanted to avoid a certain gentleman here.'
-- But the fact is, that being, as I am, to inherit this estate after the death of your honoured father (who, however, may live many years lon-ger), I could not satisfy myself without resolving to choose a wife from among his daughters, that the loss to them might be as little as possible, when the melancholy event takes place which, however, as I have already said, may not be for several years.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It is evident, in spite of his frequent attention to her while she draws, that in fact he knows nothing of the matter.
-- She rather suspected it to be so, on the very first evening of their being together, from his listening so attentively while she sang to them; and when the visit was returned by the Middletons' dining at the cottage, the fact was ascertained by his listening to her again.
-- But for this strange kind of secrecy maintained by them relative to their engagement, which in fact concealed nothing at all, she could not account; and it was so wholly contradictory to their general opinions and practice, that a doubt sometimes entered her mind of their being really engaged, and this doubt was enough to prevent her making any inquiry of Marianne.
-- Their hours were therefore made over to Lady Middleton and the two Miss Steeles, by whom their company, in fact was as little valued, as it was professedly sought.
-- Her first communication had reached no farther than to state the fact of the engagement, and the length of time it had existed. Marianne's feelings had then broken in, and put an end to all regularity of detail; and for some time all that could be done was to soothe her distress, lessen her alarms, and combat her resentment.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The fact that she was alone, away from home, rushing into a great sea of life and endeavour, began to tell.
-- The dainty slippers and stockings, the delicately frilled skirts and petticoats, the laces, ribbons, hair-combs, purses, all touched her with individual desire, and she felt keenly the fact that not any of these things were in the range of her purchase.
-- While the appearance of the shop and the announcement of the price paid per week operated very much as a blow to Carrie's fancy, the fact that work of any kind was offered after so rude a round of experience was gratifying.
-- Her spirits were greatly subdued now when the fact of entering upon strange and untried duties confronted her.
-- Nevertheless, the fact that here men gather, here chatter, here love to pass and rub elbows, must be explained upon some grounds.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The lawyer looked powerful astonished, and says: 'Well, it beats ME and snaked a lot of old letters out of his pocket, and examined them, and then ex- amined the old man's writing, and then THEM again; and then says: 'These old letters is from Harvey Wilks; and here's THESE two handwritings, and any- body can see they didn't write them' (the king and the duke looked sold and foolish, I tell you, to see how the lawyer had took them in), 'and here's THIS old gentleman's hand writing, and anybody can tell, easy enough, HE didn't write them fact is, the scratches he makes ain't properly WRITING at all.
-- Fact is, I reckon we'd come to consider him OUR nigger; yes, we did consider him so goodness knows we had trouble enough for him.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I do not know how this really happened, yet the fact remains that one fine day this piece of wood found itself in the shop of an old carpenter.
-- "In fact you'll find one not far from this spot."
-- In fact he was so unhappy that he went along taking two steps forward and one back, and as he went he said to himself: "How shall I ever face my good little Fairy?
-- In fact the wagon was so closely packed with boys of all ages that it looked like a box of sardines.
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