firm是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 坚固的； 坚决的， 坚定的n. 公司， 商号，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：
-- At last one of the party picked himself up, and stood on his feet, stunned by the shock, but still firm on his legs.
-- "I can hold firm on, that's all," replied Robert blushing with pleasure at such an encomium.
-- "No, my Lord," said the lad in a firm tone, "and moreover, beside you I am afraid of nothing."
-- Robert was pale, but he kept his gun steady, and stood with firm foot ready to meet the attacks of the infuriated wolves.
-- The Major, always confident, remained firm at his post, like a man on whom discouragement takes no hold.
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：
-- There is a dry glitter in his eyes, and a firm set of his thin lips, which goes with a positive and possibly a harsh nature.
-- God help those who wander into the great mire now, for even the firm uplands are becoming a morass.
-- Holmes sank to his waist as he stepped from the path to seize it, and had we not been there to drag him out he could never have set his foot upon firm land again.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Ardalion Alexandrovitch Ivolgin,' said the smiling general, with a low bow of great dignity, 'an old soldier, un-fortunate, and the father of this family; but happy in the hope of including in that family so exquisite ' He did not finish his sentence, for at this moment Fer-dishenko pushed a chair up from behind, and the general, not very firm on his legs, at this post-prandial hour, flopped into it backwards.
-- Gently and with-out argument he alluded to the advantages of the English style in boxing, and showed himself a firm believer in West-ern institutions.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'He was as firm--ah!pretty near as firm as I was.'
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The master of the house heard with real sorrow that they were to go so soon, and repeatedly tried to persuade Miss Bennet that it would not be safe for her that she was not enough recovered; but Jane was firm where she felt herself to be right.
-- 'I am,' said he, with a firm voice.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In this half-circle I pitched two rows of strong stakes, driving them into the ground till they stood very firm like piles, the biggest end being out of the ground above five feet and a half, and sharpened on the top.
-- The circle or double hedge that I had made was not only firm and entire, but the stakes which I had cut out of some trees that grew there-abouts were all shot out and grown with long branches, as much as a willow-tree usually shoots the first year after lop-ping its head.
-- I kept the trees, which at first were no more than stakes, but were now grown very firm and tall, always cut, so that they might spread and grow thick and wild, and make the more agreeable shade, which they did effectually to my mind.
-- In a word, I so plainly discovered the utmost affection in him to me, and a firm resolution in him, that I told him then and often after, that I would never send him away from me if he was willing to stay with me.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She turned towards Lucy in silent amazement, unable to divine the reason or object of such a declaration; and though her complexion varied, she stood firm in incredulity, and felt in no danger of an hysterical fit, or a swoon.
-- "Four years you have been engaged," said she with a firm voice.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Polished brass or nickel signs at the square stone entrances announced the firm and the nature of the business in rather neat and reserved terms.
-- In walking a few blocks to fix upon some probable place, she again encountered the firm of Storm and King, and this time managed to get in.
-- The firm of Speigelheim & Co., makers of boys' caps, occupied one floor of the building, fifty feet in width and some eighty feet in depth.
-- Her new firm was a goodly institution.
-- He knew that Drouet was only a travelling salesman--and not one of many years at that--but the firm of Bartlett, Caryoe & Company was a large and prosperous house, and Drouet stood well.
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