prudence是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 谨慎，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。
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "But by marriages of prudence we mean those in which both parties have sown their wild oats already.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Common prudence urged them to retire, and they did so, followed by Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Besides he is a man of great prudence and he will see, to be sure, of himself, that his own happi-ness will be the more secure, the happier Dounia is with him.
-- Almost every criminal is subject to a failure of will and rea-soning power by a childish and phenomenal heedlessness, at the very instant when prudence and caution are most es-sential.
-- But some curiosity and even a sort of prudence made him linger for a moment.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Knightley saw no such passion, and of course thought nothing of its effects; but she saw too much of it to feel a doubt of its overcoming any hesitations that a reasonable prudence might originally suggest; and more than a reasonable, becoming degree of prudence, she was very sure did not belong to Mr. Elton.
-- The charming Augusta Hawkins, in addition to all the 220 Emmausual advantages of perfect beauty and merit, was in pos-session of an independent fortune, of so many thousands as would always be called ten; a point of some dignity, as well as some convenience: the story told well; he had not thrown himself away he had gained a woman of 10,000 l. or thereabouts; and he had gained her with such delightful rapidity the first hour of introduction had been so very soon followed by distinguishing notice; the history which he had to give Mrs. Cole of the rise and progress of the af-fair was so glorious the steps so quick, from the accidental rencontre, to the dinner at Mr. Green's, and the party at Mrs. Brown's smiles and blushes rising in importance with consciousness and agitation richly scattered the lady had been so easily impressed so sweetly disposed had in short, to use a most intelligible phrase, been so very ready to have him, that vanity and prudence were equally con-tented.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- With Bathsheba a hastened act was a rash act; but, as does not always happen, time gained was prudence insured.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I shall do nothing rashly: you know me sufficiently to confide in my prudence andconsiderateness whenever the safety of others is commit-ted to my care.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'I leave to your prudence what measures you will take; and to avoid suspicion, I must immediately return in as pri-vate a manner as I came.'
-- But I thought it more consistent with prudence and justice to pass the remainder of my days with my wife and family.
-- But, as to the formality of taking possession in my sover-eign's name, it never came once into my thoughts; and if it had, yet, as my affairs then stood, I should perhaps, in point of prudence and self-preservation, have put it off to a better opportunity.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《地心游记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I could no longer act with prudence or composure.
-- The boxes which contained our supply of food for the voyage were placed in a row along the strand, and were in a capital state of preservation; the sea had in every case respected their contents, and to sum up in one sentence, taking into consideration, biscuits, salt meat, Schiedam and dried fish, we could still calculate on having about four months' supply, if used with prudence and caution.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Therefore Mr Henry Gowan would have clouded Clennam's mind, and would have been far oftener present to it than more agreeable persons and subjects but for the great prudence of his decision aforesaid.
-- When, to these three-fold points of prudence there is added the fact that Mrs Gowan yielded her consent the moment she knew of Mr Meagles having yielded his, and that Mr Meagles's objection to the marriage had been the sole obstacle in its way all along, it becomes the height of probability that the relict of the deceased Commissioner of nothing particular, turned these ideas in her sagacious mind.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The prudence of this line of action, indeed, was obvious; but, unfortunately, there was one very strong objection to its being adopted.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But there was still something lurking behind, of which prudence forbade the disclosure.
-- Though her brother and sister were persuaded that there was no real occasion for such a seclusion from the family, they did not attempt to oppose it, for they knew that she had not prudence enough to hold her tongue before the ser-vants, while they waited at table, and judged it better that ONE only of the household, and the one whom they could most trust should comprehend all her fears and solicitude on the subject.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Thus I took all the measures human prudence could sug-gest for my own preservation; and it will be seen at length that they were not altogether without just reason; though I foresaw nothing at that time more than my mere fear sug-gested to me.
-- But when we had got all things in readiness to go, the Spaniard himself started an objec-tion, which had so much prudence in it on one hand, and so much sincerity on the other hand, that I could not but be very well satisfied in it; and, by his advice, put off the deliv-erance of his comrades for at least half a year.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But she could hear of no situation that at once answered her notions of comfort and ease, and suited the prudence of her eldest daughter, whose steadier judgment rejected several houses as too large for their income, which her mother would have approved.
-- I believe I have been wrong in saying so much, but I hardly know what to do, and on your prudence I have the strongest dependence.
-- Few people of common prudence will do THAT; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of."
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