melancholy是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 忧郁, 悲哀; a. 忧郁的, 令人伤感的，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。
在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《白鲸》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me.
-- As when by unseen hands the water is gradually drawn off from some mighty fountain, and with half-stifled melancholy gurglings the spray-column lowers and lowers to the ground so the last long dying spout of the whale.
-- Oh, Pip!thy wretched laugh, thy idle but unresting eye; all thy strange mummeries not unmeaningly blended with the black tragedy of the melancholy ship, and mocked it!
-- "Bring it up; there's nothing else for it," said Starbuck, after a melancholy pause.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'There's an expression of melancholy in his face, my dear,' resumed Mr. Sowerberry, 'which is very interesting.
-- There was a back-garret window with rusty bars outside, which had no shutter; and out of this, Oliver often gazed with a melancholy face for hours together; but nothing was to be descried from it but a confused and crowded mass of housetops, blackened chimneys, and gable-ends.
-- The melancholy which had seemed to the sad eyes of the anxious boy to hang, for days past, over every object, beautiful as all were, was dispelled by magic.
-- 'Not to press me to alter my right determination,' replied Rose, with a melancholy smile; 'it will be useless.'
-- Nor was Mr. Bumble's gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But the fact is, that being, as I am, to inherit this estate after the death of your honoured father (who, however, may live many years lon-ger), I could not satisfy myself without resolving to choose a wife from among his daughters, that the loss to them might be as little as possible, when the melancholy event takes place which, however, as I have already said, may not be for several years.
-- 'Pray do, my dear Miss Lucas,' she added in a melancholy tone, 'for nobody is on my side, nobody takes part with me.
-- Collins having been in waiting near the lodges, to make them his parting obeisance, was able to bring home the pleasing intelligence, of their appearing in very good health, and in as tolerable spirits as could be expected, after the melancholy scene so lately gone through at Rosings.
-- Poor Char-lotte!it was melancholy to leave her to such society!But she had chosen it with her eyes open; and though evidently re-gretting that her visitors were to go, she did not seem to ask for compassion.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- However, to cut short this melancholy part of our story, our ship being disabled, and three of our men killed, and eight wounded, we were obliged to yield, and were carried all prisoners into Sallee, a port belonging to the Moors.
-- And now being about to enter into a melancholy relation of a scene of silent life, such, perhaps, as was never heard of in the world before, I shall take it from its beginning, and continue it in its order.
-- This made me very melancholy sometimes, in reflecting, as the several occasions presented, how mean a use we make of all these, even though we have these powers enlightened by the great lamp of instruction, the Spirit of God, and by the knowledge of His word added to our understanding; and why it has pleased God to hide the like saving knowledge from so many millions of souls, who, if I might judge by this poor savage, would make a much better use of it than we did.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- CHAPTER 3Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any disinclination to move when the sight of every well known spot ceased to raise the violent emotion which it produced for a while; for when her spirits began to revive, and her mind became capable of some other exertion than that of heightening its affliction by melancholy remembrances, she was impatient to be gone, and indefatigable in her inquiries for a suitable dwelling in the neighbourhood of Norland; for to remove far from that beloved spot was impossible.
-- CHAPTER 6The first part of their journey was performed in too melancholy a disposition to be otherwise than tedious and unpleasant.
-- The whole story would have been speedily formed under her active imagination; and every thing established in the most melancholy order of disastrous love.
-- "Something very melancholy must be the matter, I am sure," said she.
-- "I love to be reminded of the past, Edward whether it be melancholy or gay, I love to recall it and you will never offend me by talking of former times.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The old melancholy of desire began to come back as he talked at her, and by the time the situation rolled around she was running high in feeling.
-- The old helpful, urging melancholy was restored.
-- He did not even detect the shade of melancholy which settled in her eyes.
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