situate是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为v. 位于, 坐落在,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《远大前程》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- that the youth's earliest patron, companion, and friend, was a highly respected individual not entirely unconnected with the corn and seed trade, and whose eminently convenient and commodious business premises are situate within a hundred miles of the High Street.
在乔纳森•斯威夫特的《格列夫游记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Having therefore provided himself with all things necessary for a long journey, and settled his affairs at home, he took leave of his wife, and upon the 17th of Au-gust, 1703, about two months after my arrival, we set out for the metropolis, situate near the middle of that empire, and about three thousand miles distance from our house.
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:
-- he said, in a voice as re-markable for the softness and sweetness of its tones, as was his person for its rare proportions; 'I may speak of these things, and be no braggart; for I have been down at both havens; that which is situate at the mouth of Thames, and is named after the capital of Old England, and that which is called 'Haven', with the addition of the word 'New'; and have seen the scows and brigantines collecting their droves, like the gathering to the ark, being outward bound to the Island of Jamaica, for the purpose of barter and traffic in four-footed animals; but never before have I beheld a beast which verified the true scripture war-horse like this: 'He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth on to meet the armed men.
-- The elder maiden is con-veyed to a neighboring people, whose lodges are situate beyond yonder black pinnacle of rock; while the younger is detained among the women of the Hurons, whose dwell-ings are but two short miles hence, on a table-land, where the fire had done the office of the axe, and prepared theplace for their reception.'
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