under是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为prep. 在…下面在…以下ad. 在下面； 少于，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。
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Detached hurdles thatched with straw were stuck into the ground at various scattered points, amid and under which the whitish forms of his meek ewes moved and rustled.
-- A dim mass under the slope reminded him that a shed occupied a place here, the site being a cutting into the slope of the hill, so that at its back part the roof was almost level with the ground.
在巴尔扎克的《高老头》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Her house (known in the neighborhood as the _Maison Vauquer_) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that if a young man stays there for any length of time it is a sure sign that his allowance must be of the slenderest.
-- Under the lime-trees there are a few green-painted garden seats and a wooden table, and hither, during the dog-days, such of the lodgers as are rich enough to indulge in a cup of coffee come to take their pleasure, though it is hot enough to roast eggs even in the shade.
-- The house itself is three stories high, without counting the attics under the roof.
-- The cook sweeps all the refuse out through a little door into the Rue Nueve-Sainte-Genevieve, and frequently cleanses the yard with copious supplies of water, under pain of pestilence.
-- The hearth is always so clean and neat that it is evident that a fire is only kindled there on great occasions; the stone chimney-piece is adorned by a couple of vases filled with faded artificial flowers imprisoned under glass shades, on either side of a bluish marble clock in the very worst taste.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A youth passed in solitude, my best years spent under your gentle and feminine fosterage, has so refined the groundwork of my character that I cannot overcome an intense distaste to the usual brutality exercised on board ship: I have never believed it to be necessary, and when I heard of a mariner equally noted for his kindliness of heart and the respect and obedience paid to him by his crew, I felt myself peculiarly fortunate in being able to secure his ser-vices.
-- He came like a protecting spirit to the poor girl, who committed herself to his care; and after the inter-ment of his friend he conducted her to Geneva and placed her under the protection of a relation.
-- If, instead of this remark, my father had taken the pains to explain to me that the principles of Agrippa had been entirely exploded and that a modern system of science had been introduced which possessed much greater powers than the ancient, because the powers of the latter were chimeri-34 Frankensteincal, while those of the former were real and practical, under such circumstances I should certainly have thrown Agrip-pa aside and have contented my imagination, warmed as it was, by returning with greater ardour to my former studies.
-- Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention.
-- It 41was said, and we retired under the pretence of seeking re-pose, each fancying that the other was deceived; but when at morning's dawn I descended to the carriage which was to convey me away, they were all there my father again to bless me, Clerval to press my hand once more, my Eliza-beth to renew her entreaties that I would write often and to bestow the last feminine attentions on her playmate and friend.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She sat down wearily, tuckingone foot under her, and her heart swelled up with misery, until it felt too large for her bosom.
-- She loved this land so much, without even knowing she loved it, loved it as she loved hermother's face under the lamp at prayer time.
-- Ashley can ride with the best and play poker with the best that's me, Puss!And I'm not denying that when he setsout to drink he can put even the Tarletons under the table.
-- As a child, she often had crept to the door and, peeping through the tiniest crack, had seen Ellen emerge fromthe dark room, where Gerald's snores were rhythmic and untroubled, into the flickering light of an upheld candle, hermedicine case under her arm, her hair smoothed neatly place, and no button on her basque unlooped.
-- There was a steely quality under herstately gentleness that awed the whole household, Gerald as well as the girls, though he would have died rather thanadmit it.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When the church came to itself,--for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet,--when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling while he ate the bread ravenously.
-- For the fugitive out on the marshes with the ironed leg, the mysterious young man, the file, the food, and the dreadful pledge I was under to commit a larceny on those sheltering premises, rose before me in the avenging coals.
-- As she applied herself to set the tea-things, Joe peeped down at me over his leg, as if he were mentally casting me and himself up, and calculating what kind of pair we practically should make, under the grievous circumstances foreshadowed.
-- On this particular evening the urgency of my case demanded a pint of this mixture, which was poured down my throat, for my greater comfort, while Mrs. Joe held my head under her arm, as a boot would be held in a bootjack.
-- Since that time, which is far enough away now, I have often thought that few people know what secrecy there is in the young under terror.
在格林兄弟的《格林童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree.
-- Then the third son offered to keep watch; but the gardener at first would not let him, for fear some harm should come to him: however, at last he consented, and the young man laid himself under the tree to watch.
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