parade是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为vt. /vi. 阅兵整队; 列队行进, 游行; 夸耀; 炫示,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。
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- His appearance, therefore, is apt to occasion some little stir at the tea-table of a farmhouse, and the addition of a su-pernumerary dish of cakes or sweetmeats, or, peradventure, the parade of a silver teapot.
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:
-- A very few minutes only were necessary to parade a few files, and to dispatch an orderly with a flag to announce the approach of the commandant of the fort.
-- He once more endeavored to pass the supposed empiric, scorning even the parade of threatening to use the knife, or tomahawk, that was pendent from his belt.
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