sign是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 记号, 标志, 征兆, v. 签名，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。
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Little Toomai was too frightened to speak, but Kala Nag was behind him, and Toomai made a sign with his hand, and the elephant caught him up in his trunk and held him level with Pudmini's forehead, in front of the great Petersen Sahib.
-- Before Little Toomai had got the ringing out of his head, before even he had shift-ed his position, there was not an elephant in sight except Kala Nag, Pudmini, and the elephant with the rope-galls, and there was neither sign nor rustle nor whisper down the hillsides to show where the others had gone.
-- Up till then he had not shown the shad-ow of a sign of astonishment or anything else.
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：
-- returned the scout, placing a finger on his nose, in sign of caution.
-- When assured that all was still, and unable to detect, even by the aid of his practiced senses, any sign of his approaching foes, he would deliberately re-sume his slow and guarded progress.
-- 'The death of the colt sits heavy on the heart of its owner,' said the scout; 'but it's a good sign to see a man account upon his dumb friends.
-- We, therefore, believe it a sign given for our good.'
-- said Heyward, taking his pistols from the place where he had laid them on entering; 'be it a sign of peace or a signal of war, it must be looked to.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Certain it is, his advances were signals for rival can-didates to retire, who felt no inclination to cross a lion in his amours; insomuch, that when his horse was seen tied to Van Tassel's paling, on a Sunday night, a sure sign that his master was courting, or, as it is termed, ' sparking,' within, all other suitors passed by in despair, and carried the war into other quarters.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On the other hand, she might wish to keep the affair quiet, and it might be highly indiscreet on my part to give any sign that this strange news had reached me.
-- There was no sign of the abandoned luxury that Colonel MacAndrew had so confidently described.
-- She gave no sign that she hated Strickland so desperately.
-- She never made the smallest sign that she saw him.
-- She did not call him; she gave no sign that she was aware of his existence; she merely walked up and down composedly.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From time to time the castaways stopped and shouted, then listened for some response from the ocean, for they thought that if the engineer had landed, and they had been near to the place, they would have heard the barking of the dog Top, even should Harding himself have been unable to give any sign of existence.
-- Their geometrical plan represented the typographical sign "&," which signifies "et cetera" abridged, but by isolating the upper mouth of the sign, through which the south and west winds blew so strongly, they could succeed in making the lower part of use.
-- It is needless to add that this forest, as well as the coast already surveyed, was destitute of any sign of human life.
-- Neb ended his account by saying what had been his grief at finding the inanimate body, in which he vainly sought for the least sign of life.
-- The quadrumana gave no sign of existence, and it might have been supposed that they had disappeared; but what seemed more probable was that, terrified by the death of one of their companions, and frightened by the noise of the firearms, they had retreated to the back part of the house or probably even into the store-room.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I trace the same current now, flowing through all his quiet and unobtrusive proceedings. I am about to sign my name, you observe, at the foot of the articles which Mr Chuckster will witness; and placing my finger upon this blue wafer with the vandyked corners, I am constrained to remark in a distinct tone of voice don't be alarmed, ma'am, it is merely a form of law that I deliver this, as my act and deed.
-- Mrs Jarley's back being then towards him, the military gentleman shook his forefinger as a sign that her myrmidons were not to apprise her of his presence, and stealing up close behind her, tapped her on the neck, and cried playfully 'Boh!'
-- Well, wasn't Mr Garland kind when he said 'Christopher, here's your money, and you have earned it well;' and wasn't Mrs Garland kind when she said 'Barbara, here's yours, and I'm much pleased with you;' and didn't Kit sign his name bold to his receipt, and didn't Barbara sign her name all a trembling to hers; and wasn't it beautiful to see how Mrs Garland poured out Barbara's mother a glass of wine; and didn't Barbara's mother speak up when she said 'Here's blessing you, ma'am, as a good lady, and you, sir, as a good gentleman, and Barbara, my love to you, and here's towards you, Mr Christopher;' and wasn't she as long drinking it as if it had been a tumblerful; and didn't she look genteel, standing there with her gloves on; and wasn't there plenty of laughing and talking among them as they reviewed all these things upon the top of the coach, and didn't they pity the people who hadn't got a holiday!
-- I crave their pardon and tell them that, as I take it, 'tis a good sign for the happiness of the living.
-- The figure neither spoke, nor turned to look, nor gave in any other way the faintest sign of having heard the noise.
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