mislead是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为v. 把…带错路, 使误入岐途,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。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Let not the modern paintings of this scene mislead us; for though the creature encountered by that valiant whaleman of old is vaguely represented of a griffin-like shape, and though the battle is depicted on land and the saint on horseback, yet considering the great ignorance of those times, when the true form of the whale was unknown to artists; and considering that as in Perseus' case, St. George's whale might have crawled up out of the sea on the beach; and considering that the animal ridden by St. George might have been only a large seal, or sea-horse; bearing all this in mind, it will not appear altogether incompatible with the sacred legend and the ancientest draughts of the scene, to hold this so-called dragon no other than the great Leviathan himself.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- If his own vanity, however, did not mislead him, HE was the cause, his pride and caprice were the cause, of all that Jane had suffered, and still continued to suffer.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It would be worth no man's while to mislead me; it would really be too easy too poor a success, to yield any satisfaction.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- 'No; it would be better to mislead the imps, and make them believe they must equal a horse's speed to run down their chase.
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