council是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 政务会, 理事会, 委员会，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：
-- They appeared to have stopped for the purpose of holding a council with each other, for they shouted and gesticulated at a great rate.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Lizabetha Prokofievna summoned a secret council of two, and insisted upon the general's de-manding from the prince a full explanation of his relations with Nastasia Philipovna.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We were not all of us at the council to hear what he then said; see to it lest he be angry and do us a mischief; for the pride of kings is great, and the hand of Jove is with them.'
-- Thus masterfully did he go about among the host, and the people hurried back to the council from their tents and ships with a sound as the thunder of surf when it comes crashing down upon the shore, and all the sea is in an up-roar.
-- BOOK IV ow the gods were sitting with Jove in council upon Nthe golden floor while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink, and as they pledged one another in their cups of gold they looked down upon the town of Troy.
-- And Hector shouted to the Tro-jans, 'Trojans and allies, be men, my friends, and fight with might and main, while I go to Ilius and tell the old men of our council and our wives to pray to the gods and vow heca-tombs in their honour.'
-- He found the Danaans, servants of Mars, in council at the stern of Agamemnon's ship, and took his place in the midst of them.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Father Wolf waited till his cubs could run a little, and then on the night of the Pack Meeting took them and Mow-gli and Mother Wolf to the Council Rock a hilltop covered with stones and boulders where a hundred wolves could hide.
-- He took his place at the Council Rock, too, when the Pack met, and there he discovered that if he stared hard at any wolf, the wolf would be forced to drop his eyes, and so he used to stare for fun.
-- 'They tell me,' Shere Khan would say, 'that at Council ye dare not look him between the eyes.'
-- It was because of this that I paid the price for thee at the Council when thou wast a little naked cub.
-- They will hold a jungle Council at the Rock, and then and then I have it!'
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：
-- Not one of the three appeared in the least to doubt their perfect security, as was indicated by the preparations that were soon made to sit in council over their future pro-ceedings.
-- His person was now protected by immemorial and sacred usage, until the tribe in council had deliberated and determined on his fate.
-- The council of the Delawares was short.
-- When within a hundred yards, however, of the cover behind which the Delaware council had assembled, the stranger hesitated, appeared uncertain what course to take, and finally halted.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 12 Council of WarHERE was a great rush of feet across the deck.
-- He did not know, to be sure, that I had overheard his council from the apple barrel, and yet I had by this time taken such a horror of his cruelty, duplicity, and power that I could scarce conceal a shudder when he laid his hand upon my arm.
-- We held a council in the cabin.
-- 29 The Black Spot AgainHE council of buccaneers had lasted some time, when one of them re-entered the house, and with a repetition of the same salute, which had in my eyes an ironical air, begged for a moment's loan of the torch.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist.
-- To the performance of this feat, however, there was one obstacle: namely, that pocket-handkerchiefs being decided articles of luxury, had been, for all future times and ages, removed from the noses of paupers by the express order of the board, in council assembled: solemnly given and pronounced under their hands and seals.
-- This consummation being arrived at, Blathers and Duff cleared the room, and held a long council together, compared with which, for secrecy and solemnity, a consultation of great doctors on the knottiest point in medicine, would be mere child's play.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then I called a council - that is to say in my thoughts - whether I should take back the raft; but this appeared impracticable: so I re-solved to go as before, when the tide was down; and I did so, only that I stripped before I went from my hut, having noth-ing on but my chequered shirt, a pair of linen drawers, and a pair of pumps on my feet.
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