kill是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 杀死， 消灭； 破坏， 毁灭； 消磨(时间)，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：
-- A dozen of red partridges and rays were speedily brought down, and Glenarvan also managed very cleverly to kill a TAY-TETRE, or peccary, a pachydermatous animal, the flesh of which is excellent eating.
-- It was a repulsive-looking animal, a foot and a half long, but, as Paganel chanced to kill it, of course he thought it charming.
-- ‘There is enough to kill a regiment of cavalry.'
-- A poisonous plant enabled them gradually to kill our bullocks and horses.
-- "My child, my child," murmured Lady Helena, "the savages did not kill you!"
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：
-- If he was vulnerable he was mortal, and if we could wound him we could kill him.
-- Stapleton, as I will continue to call him, knew that the old man's heart was weak and that a shock would kill him.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Did he kill those six persons?
-- Lebedeff and the Com-tesse du Barry!Good Heavens!If Rogojin should really kill someone, it would not, at any rate, be such a senseless, cha-otic affair.
-- Do not laugh at the fool!Forget him!Forget him forever!I beseech you, do not be so cruel as to remember!Do you know that if I were not consumptive, I would kill myself?'
-- You, you, you are the cause of my abject coward-ice!I would kill you if I remained alive!I do not want your benefits; I will accept none from anyone; do you hear?
-- Well, not long since everyone was talking and reading about that terrible mur-der of six people on the part of a young fellow, and of the extraordinary speech of the counsel for the defence, who observed that in the poverty-stricken condition of the criminal it must have come NATURALLY into his head to kill these six people.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The son of Peleus was furious, and his heart within his shaggy breast was divided whether to draw his sword, push the others aside, and kill the son of Atreus, or to restrain himself and check his anger.
-- I believe, therefore, that you have been promising her to give glory to Achilles, and to kill much people at the ships of the Achaeans.'
-- Diana herself had taught him how to kill every kind of wild creature that is bred in mountain forests, but nei-ther she nor his famed skill in archery could now save him, for the spear of Menelaus struck him in the back as he was flying; it struck him between the shoulders and went right through his chest, so that he fell headlong and his armour rang rattling round him.
-- Then Diomed prayed, saying, 'Hear me, daughter of aegis-bear-ing Jove, unweariable, if ever you loved my father well and stood by him in the thick of a fight, do the like now by me; grant me to come within a spear's throw of that man and kill him.
-- The son of Tydeus will then kill both of us and take the horses.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The visitor laughed abruptly, a bark of a laugh that he seemed to bite and kill in his mouth.
-- There's not the slightest doubt that I could kill you both and get away quite easily if I wanted to do you understand?
-- "On my honour," said the Voice, "I will kill you."
-- He said he'd kill me and he will."
-- "He'll kill me he's got a knife or something.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Some want to follow things that move, to watch and slink and wait and spring; to kill and bite, bite deep and rich, sucking the blood.
-- 'Don't kill it, Prendick!'
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