honest是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 诚实的， 正直的， 老实的，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。
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was a fine man, my dear, but what is better, he was a brave and an honest one, and I was proud to be his friend.'
-- He was staring at her with undisguised surprise, and disapproval also, she thought, for though he bowed and smiled, yet something in his honest eyes made her blush and wish she had her old dress on.
-- It's honest work, and I'm not ashamed of it.'
-- He bore it as long as he could, but when he was appealed to for an opinion, he blazed up with honest indignation and defended religion with all the eloquence of truth an eloquence which made his broken English musical and his plain face beautiful.
-- Many very respectable people make an honest living out of what are called sensation stories,' said Jo, scratching gathers so energetically that a row of little slits followed her pin.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And what is it, thought I, after all!It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.
-- ' 'Soon enough for any honest man that goes a passenger.'
-- Through all his unearthly tattooings, I thought I saw the traces of a simple honest heart; and in his large, deep eyes, fiery black and bold, there seemed tokens of a spirit that would dare a thousand devils.
-- If I had been downright honest with myself, I would have seen very plainly in my heart that I did but half fancy being committed this way to so long a voyage, without once laying my eyes on the man who was to be the absolute dictator of it, so soon as the ship sailed out upon the open sea.
-- Had he helped himself at that table, doubtless, never more would he have been able to hold his head up in this honest world; nevertheless, strange to say, Ahab never forbade him.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Don't be afraid!We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.'
-- The honest gentleman held the curtain in his hand, and looked on, for a minute or so, in silence.
-- That the honest fellow had not been feigning emotion, was abundantly demonstrated by the very red eyes with which he regarded the young gentleman, when he turned round and addressed him.
-- 'I suppose, a married man,' replied Mr. Bumble, shading his eyes with his hand, and surveying the stranger, from head to foot, in evident perplexity, 'is not more averse to turning an honest penny when he can, than a single one.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I had not been long here before I was recommended to the house of a good honest man like himself, who had an INGENIO, as they call it (that is, a plantation and a sugar-house).
-- I wrote the English captain's widow a full account of all my adventures - my slavery, escape, and how I had met with the Portuguese captain at sea, the humanity of his be-haviour, and what condition I was now in, with all other necessary directions for my supply; and when this honest captain came to Lisbon, he found means, by some of the English merchants there, to send over, not the order only, but a full account of my story to a merchant in London, who represented it effectually to her; whereupon she not only delivered the money, but out of her own pocket sent the Portugal captain a very handsome present for his humanity and charity to me.
-- First, I was amazed how the crea-ture got thither; and then, how he should just keep about the place, and nowhere else; but as I was well satisfied it could be nobody but honest Poll, I got over it; and holding out my hand, and calling him by his name, 'Poll,' the so-ciable creature came to me, and sat upon my thumb, as he used to do, and continued talking to me, 'Poor Robin Cru-soe!and how did I come here?
-- But I wronged the poor honest creature very much, for which I was very sorry afterwards.
-- While my jealousy of him lasted, you may be sure I was every day pumping him to see if he would discover any of the new thoughts which I suspected were in him; but I found everything he said was so honest and so innocent, that I could find nothing to nourish my suspicion; and in spite of all my uneasiness, he made me at last entirely his own again; nor did he in the least perceive that I was uneasy, and therefore I could not suspect him of deceit.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Then," cried Mrs. Jennings with blunt sincerity, no longer able to be silent, "he has acted like an honest man!I beg your pardon, Mr. Dashwood, but if he had done otherwise, I should have thought him a rascal.
-- Preparation! day! In honest words, her money was necessary to me, and in a situation like mine, any thing was to be done to prevent a rupture.
-- Here ceased the rapid flow of her self-reproving spirit; and Elinor, impatient to soothe, though too honest to flatter, gave her instantly that praise and support which her frankness and her contrition so well deserved.
-- Mrs. Jennings wrote to tell the wonderful tale, to vent her honest indignation against the jilting girl, and pour forth her compassion towards poor Mr. Edward, who, she was sure, had quite doted upon the worthless hussy, and was now, by all accounts, almost broken-hearted, at Oxford. "I do think," she continued, "nothing was ever carried on so sly; for it was but two days before Lucy called and sat a couple of hours with me.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She walked bravely forward, led by an honest desire to find employment and delayed at every step by the interest of the unfolding scene, and a sense of helplessness amid so much evidence of power and force which she did not understand.
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