delinquent是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为adj. 拖欠的,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。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But the father gets lagged; and then the Juvenile Delinquent Society comes, and takes the boy away from a trade where he was earning money, teaches him to read and write, and in time makes a 'prentice of him.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Duncan, when approached, also insisted on seeing the delinquent game-keeper, so there was a dinner, this time in his flat: the four of them.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- But on the way, as she passed the drawing room, she beheld a scene, filling her heart with such pleasure that the tears came into her eyes, and she forgave the delinquent herself.
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:
-- Satisfied with her examination, she left him, with a slight expression of pleasure, and proceeded to practise the same trying ex-periment on her delinquent countryman.
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