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《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron; no rigging to attend to; no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst; no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no coal to run short, for electricity is the only mechanical agent; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water it reaches absolute tranquillity.
-- "How time flies on firm ground!"
-- A false step would have been dangerous on the narrow passes sloping down to the sides of the gulfs; but I walked with firm step, without feeling any giddiness.
-- And this firm structure would doubtless have yielded, if, as its Captain had said, it had not been capable of resistance like a solid block.
-- "I believe we shall," I said, in a tone of firm conviction.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Good-bye," said Gerald, taking the warm hand of his friend in a firm grasp.
-- "We have always allowed all widows of men who worked for the firm a load of coals every three months."
-- The firm is not a charity institution, as everybody seems to think."
-- His chief manager, who had twelve hundred a year, saved the firm at least five thousand.
-- His eyes were blue and keen as ever, and as firm in their sockets.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She approached with firm step, and, facing about, stood before the warden.
-- The following morning Nekhludoff received from Maslenikoff a letter on heavy, glossy paper, bearing a coat-of-arms and seals, written in a fine, firm hand, in which he said that he had written to the prison physician asking that Maslova be transferred, and that he hoped his request would be acceded to.
-- The firm repulse with which she met the impertinent advances of the men was taken by them as an insult and exasperated them.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And he took my hand in his large firm grasp.
-- The water scarcely reached my waist; the sand was firm and covered with ripple marks, and I waded ashore in great spirits, leaving the Hispaniola on her side, with her main-sail trailing wide upon the surface of the bay.
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