example是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 例子， 实例； 模范， 榜样，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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Possibly he might have thought that some day they would achieve their independence, as the United States did—an example doubtless to be followed eventually by Australia and India.
-- Besides, he set the example himself, and said:"Laugh away, my friends, laugh as loud as you like; you can't laugh at me half as much as I laugh at myself!"
-- Glenarvan was wise enough to understand this, and felt he must set an example in obedience.
-- He felt that his part was to be the strength and the example of his wife and companions; that he was the head and chief; ready to die for the rest if circumstances required it.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Life,' for example is quite out of its proper place.
-- 'We had an example of his readiness of resource that morning when he got away from us so successfully, and also of his audacity in sending back my own name to me through the cabman.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The first time I met an example of this handwriting, I was positively astonished, and where do you think I chanced to find it?
-- This is an example of another kind, a mixture of styles.
-- I shall follow the example of men who have made their fortunes.
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It so chanced that the doubloon of the Pequod was a most wealthy example of these things.
-- The voyage was a skilful and lucky one; and returning to her berth with her hold full of the precious sperm, the Amelia's example was soon followed by other ships, English and American, and thus the vast Sperm Whale grounds of the Pacific were thrown open.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- What an excellent example of the power of dress, young Oliver Twist was!Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his only covering, he might have been the child of a nobleman or a beggar; it would have been hard for the haughtiest stranger to have assigned him his proper station in society.
-- That Oliver Twist was moved to resignation by the example of these good people, I cannot, although I am his biographer, undertake to affirm with any degree of confidence; but I can most distinctly say, that for many months he continued meekly to submit to the domination and ill-treatment of Noah Claypole: who used him far worse than before, now that his jealousy was roused by seeing the new boy promoted to the black stick and hatband, while he, the old one, remained stationary in the muffin-cap and leathers.
-- 'Ah, she's a clever girl, my dears,' said the Jew, turning round to his young friends, and shaking his head gravely, as if in mute admonition to them to follow the bright example they had just beheld.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she could not use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further, and he continued: 'My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it will add very great-ly to my happiness; and thirdly which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness.
-- She rated his abilities much higher than any of the others; there was a so-lidity in his reflections which often struck her, and though by no means so clever as herself, she thought that if encour-aged to read and improve himself by such an example as hers, he might become a very agreeable companion.
-- Be that as it may, she saw him go with re-gret; and in this early example of what Lydia's infamy must produce, found additional anguish as she reflected on that wretched business.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He was exactly formed to engage Marianne's heart, for with all this, he joined not only a captivating person, but a natural ardour of mind which was now roused and increased by the example of her own, and which recommended him to her affection beyond every thing else.
-- From their counsel, or their conversation, she knew she could receive no assistance, their tenderness and sorrow must add to her distress, while her self-command would neither receive encouragement from their example nor from their praise.
-- I, and only I, knew your heart and its sorrows; yet to what did it influence me? not to any compassion that could benefit you or myself. Your example was before me; but to what avail? Was I more considerate of you and your comfort?
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Warm with the fancies of youth, pretty with the insipid prettiness of the formative period, possessed of a figure promising eventual shapeliness and an eye alight with certain native intelligence, she was a fair example of the middle American class--two generations removed from the emigrant.
-- That hopeless example had fallen under the lance of the director's criticism.
-- He was altogether a fine example of great mental perturbation.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The men was very huffy, and some of them wanted to hang Jim for an example to all the other niggers around there, so they wouldn't be trying to run away like Jim done, and making such a raft of trouble, and keeping a whole family scared most to death for days and nights.
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