quarter是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 四分之一； 季； 一刻钟； (pl. ) 方向； (pl. ) 住处，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《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The quarter was so long, that he was more than once con-vinced he must have sunk into a doze unconsciously, and missed the clock.
-- 'A quarter past,' said Scrooge, counting.
-- 'A quarter to it,' said Scrooge.
-- Five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour went by, yet nothing came.
-- Alleys and archways, like so many cesspools, disgorged their offences of smell, and dirt, and life, upon the straggling streets; and the whole quarter reeked with crime, with filth, and mis-ery.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Encamped at a quarter before nine, in good time to touch his threecornered hat to the oldest of men as they passed in to Tellson's, Jerry took up his station on this windy March morning, with young Jerry standing by him, when not en-gaged in making forays through the Bar, to inflict bodily and mental injuries of an acute description on passing boys who were small enough for his amiable purpose.
-- 'About the usual time; it may be a quarter of an hour lat-er.'
-- I shall be ready in a quarter of an hour.'
-- In a quarter of an hour Monseigneur was ready, and sat down alone to his sumptuous and choice supper.
-- 'You seem to know this quarter well; that is to say, better than I do?'
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- One of the young men, whose head, in a physical sense only, might be said to be of the thickest, had the watch that evening.The rain poured down in torrents; yet despite these two obstacles, the young man was obliged to go out, if it 40 Andersen's Fairy Taleswere but for a quarter of an hour; and as to telling the door-keeper about it, that, he thought, was quite unnecessary, if, with a whole skin, he were able to slip through the railings.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But in compensation he gave no quarter to the enemy either.
-- "So you'll be with us in a quarter of an hour."
-- He was not a quarter of a mile from home when he saw Grisha and Tanya running to meet him.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The perusal of this paper absorbed Phileas Fogg until a quarter before four, whilst the Standard, his next task, occupied him till the dinner hour.
-- "The train leaves for Dover at a quarter before nine.
-- He took out and consulted a pocket almanac, and added, "As today is Wednesday, the 2nd of October, I shall be due in London in this very room of the Reform Club, on Saturday, the 21st of December, at a quarter before nine p.m.; or else the twenty thousand pounds, now deposited in my name at Baring's, will belong to you, in fact and in right, gentlemen.
-- "In eighty days; on Saturday, the 21st of December, 1872, at a quarter before nine p.m. Good-bye, gentlemen."
-- A quarter of an hour later found Fix, with a small bag in his hand, proceeding on board the Mongolia; and, ere many moments longer, the noble steamer rode out at full steam upon the waters of the Red Sea.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He adjusted the gas light a quarter inch, and mused, "Splendid!You have craftsmanship.
-- In Mohalis, the suitable time for young men callers to depart is ten o'clock, but from eight till a quarter after eleven Martin did battle with Mrs. Fox; talked to her in two languages, an audible gossip and a mute but furious protest, while Madeline--she was present; she sat about and looked pretty.
-- He was at the hospital at a quarter to seven.
-- Miss Byers explained that they had to be in the hospital by a quarter after eleven, but Leora said lazily, "Oh, I don't care.
-- He sent a glossy morning-coated male secretary, who presented Mr. Hunziker's compliments to the much less glossy Dr. Gottlieb, and hinted with the delicacy of a lilac bud that if it was quite altogether convenient, if it would not in the least interfere with Dr. Gottlieb's experiments, Mr. Hunziker would be flattered to see him in the office at a quarter after three.
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