tire是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为v. (使) 疲倦, (使) 厌倦n. (=tyre) 轮胎, 车胎,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《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Perhaps they did not wish us to tire of these beautiful things.
-- Can he ever tire of the emotions caused by such a chase?"
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:
-- He told her that Strickland would soon tire of her.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- He would follow her up and down, waiting till she should tire and lean upon his arm he would sit opposite to her in the chimney-corner, content to watch, and look, until she raised her head and smiled upon him as of old he would discharge by stealth, those household duties which tasked her powers too heavily he would rise, in the cold dark nights, to listen to her breathing in her sleep, and sometimes crouch for hours by her bedside only to touch her hand.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She tried to follow me everywhere, and on my next journey out and about it went to my heart to tire her down, and leave her at last, exhausted and calling after me rather plaintively.
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