low是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为a. 低, 矮; 低级的, 下层的, 卑贱的; 低声的,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。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "I don't know half the people here," she said, in her low voice.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- CHAPTER 4 WHAT vain weathercocks we are!I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk.
-- He had a sweet, low manner of speaking, and pronounced his words as you do: that's less gruff than we talk here, and softer.
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