certain是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 某， 某一， 某些； (of) 一定的， 确信的， 可靠的，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《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At such a time I found out for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with dikes and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that the low leaden line beyond was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind was rushing was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and beginning to cry, was Pip.
-- I have never been absolutely certain whether I uttered a shrill yell of terror, merely in spirit, or in the bodily hearing of the company.
-- In a by-yard, there was a wilderness of empty casks, which had a certain sour remembrance of better days lingering about them; but it was too sour to be accepted as a sample of the beer that was gone,--and in this respect I remember those recluses as being like most others.
-- In the terror of seeing the figure, and in the terror of being certain that it had not been there a moment before, I at first ran from it, and then ran towards it.
-- When this horrible din had lasted a certain time, it mechanically awoke Mr. Wopsle's great-aunt, who staggered at a boy fortuitously, and pulled his ears.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- THE GOLDEN BIRD certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden A stood a tree which bore golden apples.
-- 65CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, A and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together.
-- Red-Cap, how-ever, was on her guard, and went straight forward on her way, and told her grandmother that she had met the wolf, and that he had said 'good morning' to her, but with such a wicked look in his eyes, that if they had not been on the public road she was certain he would have eaten her up.
-- 156 Grimms' Fairy Tales THE LITTLE PEASANT here was a certain village wherein no one lived but re-Tally rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His face was furrowed by premature wrinkles; there was a certain hardness about it in spite of his bland and insinuating manner.
-- Vauquer, or to the boarders; but, somehow, those whom he obliged felt that they would sooner face death than fail to repay him; a certain resolute look, sometimes seen on his face, inspired fear of him, for all his appearance of easy good-nature.
-- Vauquer had made various improvements in the three rooms destined for his use, in consideration of a certain sum paid in advance, so it was said, for the miserable furniture, that is to say, for some yellow cotton curtains, a few chairs of stained wood covered with Utrecht velvet, several wretched colored prints in frames, and wall papers that a little suburban tavern would have disdained.
-- Vauquer's magpie's eye had discovered and read certain entries in the list of shareholders in the 莽卢卢 9 茅隆碌 氓聟卤 142 茅隆碌 funds, and, after a rough calculation, was disposed to credit Goriot (worthy man) with something like ten thousand francs a year.
-- The boarders dropped in one after another, interchanging greetings and empty jokes that certain classes of Parisians regard as humorous and witty.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 46 FrankensteinHis manners in private were even more mild and attractive than in public, for there was a certain dignity in his mien during his lecture which in his own house was replaced by the greatest affability and kindness.
-- Alas!Victor, when falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?
-- She looked forward to our union with 235placid contentment, not unmingled with a little fear, which past misfortunes had impressed, that what now appeared certain and tangible happiness might soon dissipate into an airy dream and leave no trace but deep and everlasting re-gret.
-- Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the com-panions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
-- They know our infantine dispositions, which, however they may be afterwards modified, are never eradicated; and they can judge of our actions with more certain conclusions as to the integrity of our motives.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When Ellen intervened with Heaven, Scarlett felt certain that Heavenheard.
-- Of course, Suellen would be certain to telltales tomorrow, but if an went as Scarlett hoped, the excitement of the family over her engagement to Ashley or herelopement would more than overbalance their displeasure.
-- The lastthought made him think better of himself, for it had a certain poetic ring to it, and so he favored the girls with a loudand slightly off-key rendition of "The Wearin' o' the Green."
-- Scarlett had made certain that Melanie was lying down on the bed with Honey and Hetty Tarleton before sheslipped into the hall and started down the stairs.
-- It was the first time she had ever seen any woman who she knew for certain had "done something to herhair" and she watched her, fascinated.
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