visible是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 可见的,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。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- As the dark distant level, absorbing their figures into itself, left butitself visible between us and the sea and clouds, her figuredisappeared in like manner, still no nearer to them than before.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She had no visible friends but what had been acquired at Highbury, and was now just returned from a long visit in the country to some young ladies who had been at school there with her.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- On a day which had a summer face and a winter constitution a fine January morning, when there was just enough blue sky visible to make cheerfully-disposed people wish for more, and an occasional gleam of silvery sunshine, Oak put the lamb into a respectable Sunday basket, and stalked across the fields to the house of Mrs. Hurst, the aunt George, the dog walking behind, with a countenance of great concern at the serious turn pastoral affairs seemed to be taking.
-- Two figures were dimly visible in front, sitting with their legs outside the waggon, one of whom was driving.
-- THE MALTHOUSE THE CHAT NEWSWarren's Malthouse was enclosed by an old wall inwrapped with ivy, and though not much of the exterior was visible at this hour, the character and purposes of the building were clearly enough shown by its outline upon the sky.
-- While the cup was being examined, the end of Gabriel Oak's flute became visible over his smock-frock pocket, and Henery Fray exclaimed, "Surely, shepherd, I seed you blowing into a great flute by now at Casterbridge?"
-- The question was such a profound one that Henery was obliged to drink there and then from the large cup till the bottom was distinctly visible inside.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- There are five windows in each story in the front of the house; all the blinds visible through the small square panes are drawn up awry, so that the lines are all at cross purposes.
-- All the delights of life in Paris seemed to be implied by this visible and manifest sign of luxury and extravagance.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Their pronunciation was quick, and the words they uttered, not having any apparent connection with visible objects, I was unable to discover any clue by which I could unravel the mystery of their reference.
-- The physician came and pre-scribed medicines, and the old woman prepared them for me; but utter carelessness was visible in the first, and the expression of brutality was strongly marked in the visage of the second.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Had Gerald been brawny, he would have gone the way of the otherO'Haras and moved quietly and darkly among the rebels against the government But Gerald was "loud-mouthed andbullheaded," as his mother fondly phrased it, hair trigger of temper, quick with his fists and possessed of a chip on hisshoulder so large as to be almost visible to the naked eye.
-- To Gerald, standing on the small knoll wherethe house had been, this tall barrier of green was as visible and pleasing an evidence of ownership as though it were afence that he himself had built to mark his own.
-- However, there were the Confederatevictories in Tennessee scored by General Morgan and General Forrest and the triumph at the Second Battle of BullRun hung up like visible Yankee scalps to gloat over.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Instantly afterwards, the company were seized with unspeakable consternation, owing to his springing to his feet, turning round several times in an appalling spasmodic whooping-cough dance, and rushing out at the door; he then became visible through the window, violently plunging and expectorating, making the most hideous faces, and apparently out of his mind.
-- To stand in the dark in a mysterious passage of an unknown house, bawling Estella to a scornful young lady neither visible nor responsive, and feeling it a dreadful liberty so to roar out her name, was almost as bad as playing to order.
-- The air of the parlor being faint with the smell of sweet-cake, I looked about for the table of refreshments; it was scarcely visible until one had got accustomed to the gloom, but there was a cut-up plum cake upon it, and there were cut-up oranges, and sandwiches, and biscuits, and two decanters that I knew very well as ornaments, but had never seen used in all my life; one full of port, and one of sherry.
-- While Miss Skiffins was taking off her bonnet (she retained her green gloves during the evening as an outward and visible sign that there was company), Wemmick invited me to take a walk with him round the property, and see how the island looked in wintertime.
-- The horse was visible outside in the drizzle at the door, my breakfast was put on the table, Drummle's was cleared away, the waiter invited me to begin, I nodded, we both stood our ground.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- At other times, the like battles have been fought between the Yahoos of several neighbourhoods, without any visible cause; those of one district watching all oppor-tunities to surprise the next, before they are prepared.
-- Their subjects are, generally on friendship and benevolence, on order and economy; sometimes upon the visible opera-tions of nature, or ancient traditions; upon the bounds and limits of virtue; upon the unerring rules of reason, or upon some determinations to be taken at the next great assembly: and often upon the various excellences of poetry.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《艰难时世》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The last words had a visible effect upon her.
-- To which she returned, without any visible emotion whatever:'I hear you, father.
-- There was no carelessness, no languor, no idle curiosity; none of the many shades of indifference to be seen in all other assemblies, visible for one moment there.
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