chief是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 领袖; 部门主任; a. 主要的, 首席的,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。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The daughter of the chief mine-owner of the district, Thomas Crich, was getting married to a naval officer.
-- The chief bridesmaids had arrived.
-- This year the staff of the Grammar-School was invited, along with the chief officials of the firm.
-- She wished not to know, and that seemed her chief motive.
-- The days of Homer were his ideal, when a man was chief of an army of heroes, or spent his years in wonderful Odyssey.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew a mere thing to laugh at.
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