world是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 世界, 地球; …界, 领域; 世间; 全世界,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:
-- And that it DID exist was an undeniable fact; and, with that tendency which disposes the human mind in favour of the marvellous, we can understand the excitement produced in the entire world by this supernatural apparition.
-- What was, then, the mystery of this submarine craft, of which the whole world vainly sought an explanation?
-- Dreadful nightmares beset me; I saw in these mysterious asylums a world of unknown animals, amongst which this submarine boat seemed to be of the same kind, living, moving, and formidable as they.
-- You came to surprise a secret which no man in the world must penetrate the secret of my whole existence.
-- And you think that I am going to send you back to that world which must know me no more?
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She would have liked them all annihilated, cleared away, so that the world was left clear for her.
-- But she was a man's woman, it was the manly world that held her.
-- She knew she was accepted in the world of culture and of intellect.
-- It's the hardest thing in the world to act spontaneously on one's impulses and it's the only really gentlemanly thing to do provided you're fit to do it."
-- "And I," said Gerald grimly, "shouldn't like to be in a world of people who acted individually and spontaneously, as you call it.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Meanwhile, the young man had slung on to his person a decidedly shabby upper garment, and, erecting himself before the blaze, looked down on me from the corner of his eyes, for all the world as if there were some mortal feud unavenged between us.
-- It is strange,' I began, in the interval of swallowing one cup of tea and receiving another 'it is strange how custom can mould our tastes and ideas: many could not imagine the existence of happiness in a life of such complete exile from the world as you spend, Mr. Heathcliff; yet, I'll venture to say, that, surrounded by your family, and with your amiable lady as the presiding genius over your home and heart My amiable lady!'
-- The little souls were comforting each other with better thoughts than I could have hit on: no parson in the world ever pictured heaven so beautifully as they did, in their innocent talk; and, while I sobbed and listened, I could not help wishing we were all there safe together.
-- What in the world led you wandering to Thrushcross Grange?'
-- Cathy sat up late, having a world of things to order for the reception of her new friends: she came into the kitchen once to speak to her old one; but he was gone, and she only stayed to ask what was the matter with him, and then went back.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- There was sand in our eyes, sand in our teeth, sand in our suppers, sand dancing in the spring at the bottom of the kettle, for all the world like porridge beginning to boil.
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