punctuality是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 准时，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：
-- On Tuesday there was a large party assembled at Long-bourn; and the two who were most anxiously expected, to the credit of their punctuality as sportsmen, were in very good time.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With such encouragement as this, was she dismissed on the present occasion, to her brother's carriage; which they were ready to enter five minutes after it stopped at the door, a punctuality not very agreeable to their sister-in-law, who had preceded them to the house of her acquaintance, and was there hoping for some delay on their part that might inconvenience either herself or her coachman.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His punctuality is well known; he never arrives too soon, or too late; and I should not be surprised if he appeared before us at the last minute."
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