excitement是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 刺激， 激动， 兴奋，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：
-- Considering her size, the SCOTIA might justly look upon the DUNCAN as a mere fly-boat, and yet this pleasure yacht of Lord Glenarvan was quite the center of attraction, and the excitement about her daily increased.
-- The stranger's excitement was a strong contrast to the Major's placidity.
-- This should have been the first question, but in the excitement caused by the unexpected incident, Glenarvan cared more to know where the captain was, than where the BRITANNIA had been lost.
-- But his excitement did not last.
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：
-- 'This family paper was committed to my care by Sir Charles Baskerville, whose sudden and tragic death some three months ago created so much excitement in Devonshire.
-- Hol-mes leaned forward in his excitement and his eyes had the hard, dry glitter which shot from them when he was keenly interested.
-- He gesticulated and almost danced with excitement in front of the lovers.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was a good deal of rustling and whispering behind the curtain, a trifle of lamp smoke, and an occasional giggle from Amy, who was apt to get hysterical in the excitement of the moment.
-- the excitement had hardly subsided when Hannah appeared, with 'Mrs.
-- Laurie was in a flutter of excitement at the idea of having company, and flew about to get ready, for as Mrs. March said, he was 'a little gentleman'.
-- At the back of his chair she stopped and stood listening, with her great eyes wide open and her cheeks red with excitement of this un-usual performance.
-- When this excitement was over, Beth waited to see what would happen.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Besides, now and then such unaccountable odds and ends of strange nations come up from the unknown nooks and ash-holes of the earth to man these floating outlaws of whalers; and the ships themselves often pick up such queer castaway creatures found tossing about the open sea on planks, bits of wreck, oars, whaleboats, canoes, blown-off Japanese junks, and what not; that Beelzebub himself might climb up the side and step down into the cabin to chat with the captain, and it would not create any unsubduable excitement in the forecastle.
-- "No need, gentlemen; one moment, and I proceed. Now, gentlemen, so suddenly perceiving the snowy whale within fifty yards of the ship forgetful of the compact among the crew in the excitement of the moment, the Teneriffe man had instinctively and involuntarily lifted his voice for the monster, though for some little time past it had been plainly beheld from the three sullen mast-heads.
-- Nevertheless, upon Stubb setting the anchor-watch after his supper was concluded; and when, accordingly, Queequeg and a forecastle seaman came on deck, no small excitement was created among the sharks; for immediately suspending the cutting stages over the side, and lowering three lanterns, so that they cast long gleams of light over the turbid sea, these two mariners, darting their long whaling-spades, kept up an incessant murdering of the sharks,* by striking the keen steel deep into their skulls, seemingly their only vital part.
-- In the excitement of the moment, Ahab had forgotten that since the loss of his leg he had never once stepped on board of any vessel at sea but his own, and then it was always by an ingenious and very handy mechanical contrivance peculiar to the Pequod, and a thing not to be rigged and shipped in any other vessel at a moment's warning.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Yes, my dear, yes,' rejoined the Jew; his eyes glistening, and every muscle in his face working, with the excitement that the inquiry had awakened.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Drouet was palavering himself with the looseness of excitement and passion.
-- He saw that in the excitement of recent events he had not formulated a plan upon that score.
-- All day, the bar being closed, he brooded alone, shut out from home, from the excitement of his resort, from Carrie, and without the ability to alter his condition one iota.
-- In his excitement he forgot what he was doing, and put the sums in the wrong boxes.
-- She was in a tremble of excitement and opposition as she spoke.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Why have you brought such excitement into my theater;" the huge fellow asked Pinocchio with the voice of an ogre suffering with a cold.
-- In the theater, great excitement reigned.
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