gently是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 文雅地， 有礼貌地； 轻轻地，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《圣诞颂歌》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It put out its strong hand as it spoke, and clasped him gently by the arm.
-- He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《双城记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Without directly answering to this appeal, she sat so still when he had very gently raised her, and the hands that had not ceased to clasp his wrists were so much more steady than they had been, that she communicated some reassur-ance to Mr. Jarvis Lorry.
-- It was a gentle action, but not at all gently done; a very remarkable transformation had come over him 48 A tale of two citiesin a few seconds.
-- On seeing him, the misera-ble creature fell upon his shoulder, sobbing and crying, and pointing to the fountain, where some women were stoop-ing over the motionless bundle, and moving gently about it.
-- The valet come and gone, Monsieur the Marquis walked to and fro in his loose chamber-robe, to prepare himself gently for sleep, that hot still night.
-- Looking gently at him again, she was surprised and sad-dened to see that there were tears in his eyes.
在汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生的《安徒生童话》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He now opened them quite wide yes, he was quite awake; with one spring he was on the floor; he crept gently behind the curtain, but the maiden was gone; the flowers shone no longer, but there they stood, fresh and blooming as ever; the door was ajar, and, far within, the music sounded so soft and delightful, one could really melt away in sweet thoughts from it.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- said Dolly, glancing towards Turovtsin, who had become aware they were talking of him, and smiling gently to him.
-- He repeated gently in Russian the phrase he had said in Betsy's presence in French, and sat down beside her.
-- Agafea Mihalovna, seeing that it was coming to a quarrel, gently put down her cup and withdrew.
-- Watching the streak of smoke, Sergey Ivanovitch walked gently on, deliberating on his position.
-- she asked from under the white kerchief, turning her handsome, gently smiling face to him.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Passepartout, not in the least alarmed, caressed the animal, which replaced him gently on the ground.
-- She seized Mr. Fogg's arm and gently pulled him back.
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Only, when I get to thinking about the way most of these damned profs don't even know what he's up to--" Martin was off again, and if Leora did not altogether understand the relation of the synthesis of antibodies to the work of Arrhenius, yet she listened with comfortable pleasure in his zeal, with none of Madeline Fox's gently corrective admonitions.
-- He was going to standardize and co-ordinate all mental activities in America, by the creation of a bureau which should direct and pat and gently rebuke and generally encourage chemistry and batik- making, poetry and Arctic exploration, animal husbandry and Bible study, Negro spirituals and business-letter writing.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well, go to hell then,' he said gently and thoughtfully.
-- The door opened gently and slowly, and there suddenly appeared a figure yester-day's visitor from underground.
-- He went to Dounia and gently put his arm round her waist.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She gently chid me for being rude; and, keeping me close to her shawl, turned to thank the gentleman for taking so much trouble as to bring her home.
-- After a moment of suspense, I went and kissedmy mother: she kissed me, patted me gently on the shoulder, andsat down again at her work.
-- Heglanced at me, and Mr. Mell's hand gently patted me upon theshoulder.
-- 'I take my leave of you, Mr. Creakle, and all of you,' said Mr. Mell,glancing round the room, and again patting me gently on theshoulder.
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