sure是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 肯定的; 一定会…的; 有信心的, 有把握的,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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "He will be sure to succeed, or the Lords of the Admiralty must have hearts harder than Portland stone."
-- The captain pointed toward the foremast, and sure enough there was Robert, hanging on the yards of the topgallant mast, a hundred feet above in the air.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- By this means all her quarter was free, and all that was in that part was dry; for you may be sure my first work was to search, and to see what was spoiled and what was free.
-- I had now a great deal of work to do over again, for I had the loose earth to carry out; and, which was of more importance, I had the ceiling to prop up, so that I might be sure no more would come down.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "To be sure it would."
-- "To be sure it is; and, indeed, it strikes me that they can want no addition at all.
-- If they marry, they will be sure of doing well, and if they do not, they may all live very comfortably together on the interest of ten thousand pounds."
-- It has given me such an abhorrence of annuities, that I am sure I would not pin myself down to the payment of one for all the world."
-- "I believe you are right, my love; it will be better that there should be no annuity in the case; whatever I may give them occasionally will be of far greater assistance than a yearly allowance, because they would only enlarge their style of living if they felt sure of a larger income, and would not be sixpence the richer for it at the end of the year.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- To be sure there was always the next station, where one might descend and return.
-- He was, for the order of intellect represented, attractive, and whatever he had to recommend him, you may be sure was not lost upon Carrie, in this, her first glance.
-- Neither was wise enough to be sure of the working of the mind of the other.
-- Carrie looked about her, very much disturbed and quite sure that she did not want to work here.
-- He left her revived by the possibilities, sure that she had found something at last.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in among the trees, and, sure enough, there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.
-- Then the old man got to cussing, and cussed every- thing and every-body he could think of, and then cussed them all over again to make sure he hadn't skipped any, and after that he pol-ished off with a kind of a general cuss all round, including a considerable parcel of people which he didn't know the names of, and so called them what's-his-name when he got to them, and went right along with his cussing.
-- I slipped the ramrod down it to make sure it was loaded, then I laid it across the turnip barrel, pointing towards pap, and set down behind it to wait for him to stir.
-- It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and pad-dled her ashore.
-- Well, it WAS pap, sure enough and sober, too, by the way he laid his oars.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Then he solemnly pronounced the following words: "To my mind this Marionette is dead and gone; but if, by any evil chance, he were not, then that would be a sure sign that he is still alive!"
-- To my mind this Marionette is alive; but if, by any evil chance, he were not, then that would be a sure sign that he is wholly dead!"
-- And if, by any chance, any thieves should come, be sure to bark!"
-- I am sure you will be glad to hear them."
-- Indeed, I am sure of it."
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