rid是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. (of) 使摆脱， 使去掉，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。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then she called Vulcan and said, 'Vulcan, come here, Thetis wants you"; and the far-famed lame god answered, 'Then it is indeed an august and honoured goddess who has come here; she it was that took care of me when I was suffering from the heavy fall which I had through my cruel mother's anger for she would have got rid of me because I was lame.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Whatever he is, you can't get rid of him under the week.
-- Hall did not like him, and whenever he dared he talked of the advisability of getting rid of him; but he showed his dislike chiefly by concealing it ostentatiously, and avoiding his visitor as much as possible.
-- I rushed among them, went flat, got rid of my vest after infinite wriggling, and stood a free man again, panting and scared, as the policeman and three of the shopmen came round the corner.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Night-Song in the Jungle It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one af-ter the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips.
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：
-- Thus, in a new country, the woods and other objects, which in an old country would be maintained at great cost, are got rid of, simply with a view of 'improving' as it is called.
-- The scout and his companions listened to this simple ex-planation with the interest of men who imbibe new ideas, at the same time that they get rid of old ones, which had proved disagreeable inmates.
-- See,' he added, pointing to a place where the water trickled from a rock, forming a little crystal spring, before it found an is-sue through the adjacent crevices; 'you may easily get rid of the Sagamore's daub, and when you come back I will try my hand at a new embellishment.
-- And yet,' he added, bending his head aside, to catch the sounds of the distant combat, 'if we are to be of use to Uncas, these knaves in our front must be got rid of.'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When, in the enthusiasm of my youth, I remarked on this to Rose Waterford, she said:"Milk is very nice, especially with a drop of brandy in it, but the domestic cow is only too glad to be rid of it.
-- "My own impression is that she's well rid of you," I said.
-- "Shall I get rid of Strickland for you?"
-- It would be an excuse to be rid of him.
-- He felt that she too wanted to be rid of him.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was, therefore the first, the oxide of iron, which they must reduce with coal, that is to say, get rid of the oxygen, to obtain it in a pure state.
-- In this way, under the influence of the air projected by the blowing-machine, the coal would be transformed into carbonic acid, then into oxide of carbon, its use being to reduce the oxide of iron, that is to say, to rid it of the oxygen.
-- The cloth of which the balloon-case was made was then cleaned by means of soda and potash, obtained by the incineration of plants, in such a way that the cotton, having got rid of the varnish, resumed its natural softness and elasticity; then, exposed to the action of the atmosphere, it soon became perfectly white.
-- With this fecula was mingled a mucilaginous juice of disagreeable flavor, but which it would be easy to get rid of by pressure.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'If oaths, or prayers, or words, could rid me of you, they should.
-- ' 'Sister,' said Dick. 'So much the better,' said the single gentleman, 'he can get rid of her when he likes.'
-- Give him time to get rid of it, you know.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They gave me no rest, and I could hardly get rid of them.
-- "I have the honor to salute you," said the prosecutor, bowing, evidently desiring to rid himself of the strange visitor.
-- To rid himself of these thoughts he lay down on the fresh-made bed, intending to go over them again the next day with a clearer mind.
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