default是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vi. /n. 拖欠, 违约; 不出庭，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《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Kiouni this was the name of the beast could doubtless travel rapidly for a long time, and, in default of any other means of conveyance, Mr. Fogg resolved to hire him.
-- In default of his assistance, it was necessary to be assured of his neutrality.
-- He observed that the butchers stalls contained neither mutton, goat, nor pork; and, knowing also that it is a sacrilege to kill cattle, which are preserved solely for farming, he made up his mind that meat was far from plentiful in Yokohama nor was he mistaken; and, in default of butcher's meat, he could have wished for a quarter of wild boar or deer, a partridge, or some quails, some game or fish, which, with rice, the Japanese eat almost exclusively.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Micawber then embracedMrs. Micawber, and pressed my hand; leaving me to infer fromthis broken allusion that his domestic supply of water had been cutoff that afternoon, in consequence of default in the payment of thecompany's rates.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Vauquer had little desire for lodgers of this sort; they ate too much bread, and she only took them in default of better.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Nevertheless, I had still one hope, and that was, when once we were at the bottom of the crater, that it would be impossible in default of a gallery or tunnel, to descend any deeper; and this, despite all the learned Saknussemms in the world.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So the dream increased in rapture when Mr Dorrit came out of the bank alone, and people looked at him in default of Mr Merdle, and when, with the ears of his mind, he heard the frequent exclamation as he rolled glibly along, 'A wonderful man to be Mr Merdle's friend!'
-- Mr Merdle's default left a Banquo's chair at the table; but, if he had been there, he would have merely made the difference of Banquo in it, and consequently he was no loss.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Chapter 7 r. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an Mestate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to guncotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.
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