comfortable是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 舒适的， 舒服的； 感到舒适的， 安逸的，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。
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- After lamenting it, however, at some length, she had the consola-tion that Mr. Bingley would be soon down again and soon dining at Longbourn, and the conclusion of all was the comfortable declaration, that though he had been invited only to a family dinner, she would take care to have two full courses.
-- I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collins's character, connection, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state.'
-- Neither Jane nor Elizabeth were comfortable on this sub-ject.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I cast my eye to the stranded vessel, when, the breach and froth of the sea being so big, I could hardly see it, it lay so far of; and considered, Lord!how was it possible I could get on shore After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look round me, to see what kind of place I was in, and what was next to be done; and I soon found my comforts abate, and that, in a word, I had a dread-ful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor anything either to eat or drink to comfort me; neither did I see any prospect before me but that of perishing with hun-ger or being devoured by wild beasts; and that which was particularly afflicting to me was, that I had no weapon, -either to hunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself against any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs.
-- The way was comfortable enough after such a voyage as I had been upon, and I reached my old bower in the evening, where I found everything standing as I left it; for I always kept it in good order, being, as I said before, my country house.
-- This will testify for me that I was not idle, and that I spared no pains to bring to pass whatever appeared necessary for my comfortable support, for I considered the keeping up a breed of tame creatures thus at my hand would be a living magazine of flesh, milk, butter, and cheese for me as long as I lived in the place, if it were to be forty years; and that keeping them in my reach depended entirely upon my per-fecting my enclosures to such a degree that I might be sure of keeping them together; which by this method, indeed, I so effectually secured, that when these little stakes began to grow, I had planted them so very thick that I was forced to pull some of them up again.
-- All this labour I was at the expense of, purely from my apprehensions on account of the print of a man's foot; for as yet I had never seen any human creature come near the island; and I had now lived two years under this uneasiness, which, indeed, made my life much less comfortable than it was before, as may be well imagined by any who know what it is to live in the constant snare of the fear of man.
-- I had, God knows, more sincerity than knowledge in all the methods I took for this poor creature's instruction, and must acknowledge, what I believe all that act upon the same principle will find, that in laying things open to him, I really informed and instructed myself in many things that either I did not know or had not fully considered before, but which occurred naturally to my mind upon searching into them, for the information of this poor savage; and I had more af-fection in my inquiry after things upon this occasion than ever I felt before: so that, whether this poor wild wretch was better for me or no, I had great reason to be thankful that ever he came to me; my grief sat lighter, upon me; my habi-tation grew comfortable to me beyond measure: and when I reflected that in this solitary life which I have been con-fined to, I had not only been moved to look up to heaven myself, and to seek the Hand that had brought me here, but was now to be made an instrument, under Providence, to save the life, and, for aught I knew, the soul of a poor sav-age, and bring him to the true knowledge of religion and of the Christian doctrine, that he might know Christ Jesus, in whom is life eternal; I say, when I reflected upon all these things, a secret joy ran through every part of My soul, and I frequently rejoiced that ever I was brought to this place, which I had so often thought the most dreadful of all afflic-tions that could possibly have befallen me.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "He did not stipulate for any particular sum, my dear Fanny; he only requested me, in general terms, to assist them, and make their situation more comfortable than it was in his power to do.
-- As it is, without any addition of mine, they will each have about three thousand pounds on their mother's death a very comfortable fortune for any young woman."
-- The assistance he thought of, I dare say, was only such as might be reasonably expected of you; for instance, such as looking out for a comfortable small house for them, helping them to move their things, and sending them presents of fish and game, and so forth, whenever they are in season.
-- Do but consider, my dear Mr. Dashwood, how excessively comfortable your mother-in-law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven thousand pounds, besides the thousand pounds belonging to each of the girls, which brings them in fifty pounds a year a-piece, and, of course, they will pay their mother for their board out of it.
-- They will have no carriage, no horses, and hardly any servants; they will keep no company, and can have no expenses of any kind!Only conceive how comfortable they will be!Five hundred a year!I am sure I cannot imagine how they will spend half of it; and as to your giving them more, it is quite absurd to think of it.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They went through Monroe Street to the old Windsor dining-room, which was then a large, comfortable place, with an excellent cuisine and substantial service.
-- With his mind's eye he looked into her comfortable room in Ogden Place, where he had spent several such delightful evenings, and thought how charming it would be when Drouet was disposed of entirely and she was waiting evenings in cosey little quarters for him.
-- So now, the house, to his mind, had a most pleasing and comfortable appearance.
-- Out in the small back yard was George, Jr., frolicking with a young dog he had recently purchased, and in the parlour Jessica was playing at the piano, the sounds of a merry waltz filling every nook and corner of the comfortable home.
-- He felt as if he could say a good word all around himself, and took a most genial glance at the spread table and polished sideboard before going upstairs to read his paper in the comfortable armchair of the sitting-room which looked through the open windows into the street.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Pap he hadn't been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn't want to see him no more.
-- But I warn't comfortable long, because I happened to think of something.
-- It was kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking and fishing, and no books nor study.
-- I laid there in the grass and the cool shade thinking about things, and feeling rested and ruther comfortable and satisfied.
-- I was powerful lazy and comfortable didn't want to get up and cook breakfast.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He succeeded, not only in his studies, but also in his work, and a day came when he put enough money together to keep his old father comfortable and happy.
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