far是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. /ad. 远， 久远， 遥远ad. 到…程度， …得多，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。
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- My father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent share of learning, as far as house-education and a country free school generally go, and designed me for the law; but I would be satisfied with nothing but going to sea; and my inclination to this led me so strongly against the will, nay, the commands of my father, and against all the entreaties and persuasions of my mother and other friends, that there seemed to be something fatal in that propensity of nature, tending directly to the life of misery which was to befall me.
-- He told me it was men of desperate fortunes on one hand, or of aspir-ing, superior fortunes on the other, who went abroad upon adventures, to rise by enterprise, and make themselves fa-mous in undertakings of a nature out of the common road; that these things were all either too far above me or too far below me; that mine was the middle state, or what might be called the upper station of low life, which he had found, by long experience, was the best state in the world, the most suited to human happiness, not exposed to the miseries and hardships, the labour and sufferings of the mechanic part of mankind, and not embarrassed with the pride, luxury, am-bition, and envy of the upper part of mankind.
-- It was to no purpose for them or us, after we were in the boat, to think of reaching their own ship; so all agreed to let her drive, and only to pull her in towards shore as much as we could; and our master prom-ised them, that if the boat was staved upon shore, he would make it good to their master: so partly rowing and partly driving, our boat went away to the northward, sloping to-wards the shore almost as far as Winterton Ness.
-- As I had been one voyage to this coast before, I knew very well that the islands of the Canaries, and the Cape de Verde Islands also, lay not far off from the coast.
-- and the foolish boy was frighted out of his wits, thinking it must needs be some of his master's ships sent to pursue us, but I knew we were far enough out of their reach.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The whole was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfect articulation, an earnest desire of having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters.
-- But in sorrow she must be equally carried away by her fancy, and as far beyond consolation as in pleasure she was beyond alloy.
-- "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.
-- When my mother removes into another house my services shall be readily given to accommodate her as far as I can.
-- CHAPTER 3Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any disinclination to move when the sight of every well known spot ceased to raise the violent emotion which it produced for a while; for when her spirits began to revive, and her mind became capable of some other exertion than that of heightening its affliction by melancholy remembrances, she was impatient to be gone, and indefatigable in her inquiries for a suitable dwelling in the neighbourhood of Norland; for to remove far from that beloved spot was impossible.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Columbia City was not so very far away, even once she was in Chicago.
-- Far away were indications of suburban towns, some big smokestacks towering high in the air.
-- He was of a clean, saving disposition, and had already paid a number of monthly instalments on two lots far out on the West Side.
-- Street-car lines had been extended far out into the open country in anticipation of rapid growth.
-- Narrow board walks extended out, passing here a house, and there a store, at far intervals, eventually ending on the open prairie.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was an old horse-blanket nailed against the logs at the far end of the cabin behind the ta-ble, to keep the wind from blowing through the chinks and putting the candle out.
-- I guessed I wouldn't stay in one place, but just tramp right across the country, mostly night times, and hunt and fish to keep alive, and so get so far away that the old man nor the widow couldn't ever find me any more.
-- While we laid off after breakfast to sleep up, both of us being about wore out, I got to thinking that if I could fix up some way to keep pap and the widow from trying to follow me, it would be a certainer thing than trust- ing to luck to get far enough off before they missed me; you see, all kinds of things might happen.
-- And how far a body can hear on the water such nights!I heard people talking at the ferry land- ing.
-- Well, I went fooling along in the deep woods till I judged I warn't far from the foot of the island.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Far from it.
-- Pinocchio was greatly afraid of thunder and lightning, but the hunger he felt was far greater than his fear.
-- "I am a boy and I buy nothing from boys," said the little fellow with far more common sense than the Marionette.
-- Fire Eater (this was really his name) was very ugly, but he was far from being as bad as he looked.
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