horizon是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 地平线; (常pl. ) 眼界, 见识，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。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The crew, perched in the ratlines, examined the horizon which contracted and darkened by degrees.
-- All at once from the dark line of the horizon whither it retired to gain its momentum, the monster rushed suddenly towards the Abraham Lincoln with alarming rapidity, stopped suddenly about twenty feet from the hull, and died out not diving under the water, for its brilliancy did not abate but suddenly, and as if the source of this brilliant emanation was exhausted.
-- The horizon grew wider and clearer at the same time.
-- One particular feature was his eyes, rather far from each other, and which could take in nearly a quarter of the horizon at once.
-- With his powerful glass to his eye, he scanned every point of the horizon with great attention.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The sun had already gone below the horizon and the west was flaming gold, touched with some horizontal bars of purple and crimson.
-- The sea stretched away to the south-west, to rise into a sharp bright horizon against the wan sky.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Soon cool draughts of air began to reach me, and a few steps farther I came forth into the open borders of the grove, and saw the sea lying blue and sunny to the horizon and the surf tumbling and tossing its foam along the beach.
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