pleased是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为adj. 高兴的, 乐意的,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。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- This bitter disappointment caused Oliver much sorrow and grief, even in the midst of his happiness; for he had pleased himself, many times during his illness, with thinking of all that Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Bedwin would say to him: and what delight it would be to tell them how many long days and nights he had passed in reflecting on what they had done for him, and in bewailing his cruel separation from them.
-- When it became quite dark, and they returned home, the young lady would sit down to the piano, and play some pleasant air, or sing, in a low and gentle voice, some old song which it pleased her aunt to hear.
-- The subject matter of this conference was not disclosed in the parlour, but the kitchen was speedily enlightened concerning it; for Mr. Giles walked straight thither, and having called for a mug of ale, announced, with an air of majesty, which was highly effective, that it had pleased his mistress, in consideration of his gallant behaviour on the occasion of that attempted robbery, to deposit, in the local savings-bank, the sum of five-and-twenty pounds, for his sole use and benefit.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Well, how pleased I am!and it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a word about it till now.'
-- He did look at it, and into it for half-an-hour was pleased with the situa-tion and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.
-- 'Dear Sir, 'The disagreement subsisting between yourself and my late honoured father always gave me much uneasiness, and since I have had the misfortune to lose him, I have frequent-ly wished to heal the breach; but for some time I was kept back by my own doubts, fearing lest it might seem disre-spectful to his memory for me to be on good terms with anyone with whom it had always pleased him to be at vari-ance. 'There, Mrs.
-- She had been graciously pleased to approve of both of the discourses which he had already had the honour of preaching before her.
-- Her ladyship seemed pleased with the idea; and you may imagine that I am happy on every occasion to offer those little delicate compliments which are always ac-ceptable to ladies.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Here I meditated nothing but my escape, and what meth-od I might take to effect it, but found no way that had the least probability in it; nothing presented to make the sup-position of it rational; for I had nobody to communicate it to that would embark with me - no fellow-slave, no English-man, Irishman, or Scotchman there but myself; so that for two years, though I often pleased myself with the imagi-nation, yet I never had the least encouraging prospect of putting it in practice.
-- I gave humble and hearty thanks that God had been pleased to discover to me that it was possible I might be more happy in this solitary condition than I should have been in the liberty of society, and in all the pleasures of the world; that He could fully make up to me the deficiencies of my solitary state, and the want of human society, by His presence and the commu-nications of His grace to my soul; supporting, comforting, and encouraging me to depend upon His providence here, and hope for His eternal presence hereafter.
-- This I not only thought possible, but easy, and pleased myself ex-tremely with the thoughts of making it, and with my having much more convenience for it than any of the negroes or Indians; but not at all considering the particular inconve-niences which I lay under more than the Indians did - viz.
-- I pleased myself with the design, without determining whether I was ever able to undertake it; not but that the difficulty of launching my boat came often into my head; but I put a stop to my inquiries into it by this foolish answer which I gave myself - 'Let me first make it; I warrant I will find some way or other to get it along when it is done.'
-- Be pleased to take a sketch of my figure, as follows.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- He understood that she was in need of a dwelling; and though the house he now offered her was merely a cottage, he assured her that everything should be done to it which she might think necessary, if the situation pleased her.
-- Edward returned to them with fresh admiration of the surrounding country; in his walk to the village, he had seen many parts of the valley to advantage; and the village itself, in a much higher situation than the cottage, afforded a general view of the whole, which had exceedingly pleased him.
-- I thought you would, he is so pleasant; and Mr. Palmer is excessively pleased with you and your sisters I can tell you, and you can't think how disappointed he will be if you don't come to Cleveland. I can't imagine why you should object to it."
-- CHAPTER 22Marianne, who had never much toleration for any thing like impertinence, vulgarity, inferiority of parts, or even difference of taste from herself, was at this time particularly ill-disposed, from the state of her spirits, to be pleased with the Miss Steeles, or to encourage their advances; and to the invariable coldness of her behaviour towards them, which checked every endeavour at intimacy on their side, Elinor principally attributed that preference of herself which soon became evident in the manners of both, but especially of Lucy, who missed no opportunity of engaging her in conversation, or of striving to improve their acquaintance by an easy and frank communication of her sentiments.
-- "You are very kind," said Lady Middleton to Elinor; "and as you really like the work, perhaps you will be as well pleased not to cut in till another rubber, or will you take your chance now?"
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- She was pleased to see her in a way but reflected her husband's point of view in the matter of work.
-- She was pleased in part that the streets were bright and clean.
-- It was a severe setback to her recently pleased mental state.
-- The latter's genial nature and dressy appearance pleased him.
-- The pleased eye with which our modern restaurants of fashion are looked upon is proof of this assertion.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- That pleased the old man till he couldn't rest.
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