statement是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 声明, 陈述,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。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- It is much better for the writer, as a rule, to content himself with the bare statement of events; and we shall take this line with regard to the catastrophe recorded above, and shall state the remaining events connected with the general's trouble shortly, because we feel that we have already given to this secondary character in our story more attention than we originally intended.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- In another moment Jaffers, cutting short some statement concerning a warrant, had gripped him by the handless wrist and caught his invisible throat.
-- He examined the two windows of the bedroom, drew up the blinds and opened the sashes, to confirm Kemp's statement that a retreat by them would be possible.
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:
-- It appeared from the unembellished statement of David, that his own presence had been rather endured than desired; though even Magua had not been entirely ex-empt from that veneration with which the Indians regard those whom the Great Spirit had visited in their intellects.
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:
-- He said all this slowly, detaching statement from statement with a little awkward silence, and he kept his kind, foolish eyes fixed on mine.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Having entreated the old lady and gentleman to set their minds at rest on these absorbing points, for they might rely on his statement being the correct one, Mr Chuckster entertained them with theatrical chit-chat and the court circular; and so wound up a brilliant and fascinating conversation which he had maintained alone, and without any assistance whatever, for upwards of three-quarters of an hour.
-- This functionary, being, of course, well used to such scenes; looking upon all kinds of robbery, from petty larceny up to housebreaking or ventures on the highway, as matters in the regular course of business; and regarding the perpetrators in the light of so many customers coming to be served at the wholesale and retail shop of criminal law where he stood behind the counter; received Mr Brass's statement of facts with about as much interest and surprise, as an undertaker might evince if required to listen to a circumstantial account of the last illness of a person whom he was called in to wait upon professionally; and took Kit into custody with a decent indifference.
-- At the end of their consultation, which was very brief, the Notary pointed to the writing materials on the table, and informed Mr Brass that if he wished to make any statement in writing, he had the opportunity of doing so.
-- It was not finished until evening; but, being done at last, that worthy person and the three friends adjourned in a hackney-coach to the private office of a justice, who, giving Mr Brass a warm reception and detaining him in a secure place that he might insure to himself the pleasure of seeing him on the morrow, dismissed the others with the cheering assurance that a warrant could not fail to be granted next day for the apprehension of Mr Quilp, and that a proper application and statement of all the circumstances to the secretary of state (who was fortunately in town), would no doubt procure Kit's free pardon and liberation without delay.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- From the statement of the time when she gave birth to the child it might be his, and it might not be his.
-- As to the statement of the defense that Maslova was drawn into a vicious life by an imaginary (he pronounced the word imaginary with particular virulence) man, he could say that all facts rather pointed to her being the seducer of many victims who were unfortunate enough to fall into her hands.
-- Euphemia Bochkova repeated her statement that she knew nothing, had not taken part in anything, and persistently pointed at Maslova as the only guilty person.
-- But, seeing on the clock that it was five minutes of three, he decided to pass over to a statement of the case.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I now felt sure that the poor fellow had gone crazy in his solitude, and I suppose I must have shown the feeling in my face, for he repeated the statement hotly: "Rich!Rich!I says.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- "But this statement is not mathematically correct, because the equinox does not necessarily begin at noon."
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Again Hermione paused, as if to allow this statement to cool.
-- Which statement Birkin ignored.
-- Ursula was given over to this statement for some moments.
-- It was that statement "It was never love," which sounded in his ears with madness.
-- She had her own logical statement to make, and it must be made as she had thought it.
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