moment是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 片刻， 瞬间， 时刻，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：
-- Too expensive and jolly, again thought I, pausing one moment to watch the broad glare in the street, and hear the sounds of the tinkling glasses within.
-- But at that moment he chanced to turn his face so towards the light, that I plainly saw they could not be sticking-plasters at all, those black squares on his cheeks.
-- The next moment the light was extinguished, and this wild cannibal, tomahawk between his teeth, sprang into bed with me.
-- But thank heaven, at that moment the landlord came into the room light in hand, and leaping from the bed I ran up to him.
-- At last, after much dodging search, he finds the Tarshish ship receiving the last items of her cargo; and as he steps on board to see its Captain in the cabin, all the sailors for the moment desist from hoisting in the goods, to mark the stranger's evil eye.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Unfortunately for, the experimental philosophy of the female to whose protecting care Oliver Twist was delivered over, a similar result usually attended the operation of her system; for at the very moment when the child had contrived to exist upon the smallest possible portion of the weakest possible food, it did perversely happen in eight and a half cases out of ten, either that it sickened from want and cold, or fell into the fire from neglect, or got half-smothered by accident; in any one of which cases, the miserable little being was usually summoned into another world, and there gathered to the fathers it had never known in this.
-- It was the critical moment of Oliver's fate.
-- The undertaker offered no reply to this raving; but producing a tape from his pocket, knelt down for a moment by the side of the body.
-- And here, Noah writhed and twisted his body into an extensive variety of eel-like positions; thereby giving Mr. Bumble to understand that, from the violent and sanguinary onset of Oliver Twist, he had sustained severe internal injury and damage, from which he was at that moment suffering the acutest torture.
-- Some few stopped to gaze at Oliver for a moment or two, or turned round to stare at him as they hurried by; but none relieved him, or troubled themselves to inquire how he came there.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- and turning round he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said: 'She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt ME; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
-- But, though Bingley and Jane meet tolerably often, it is never for many hours together; and, as they always see each other in large mixed parties, it is impossible that every moment should be employed in conversing together.
-- At that moment they were met from another walk by Mrs. Hurst and Elizabeth herself.
-- The moment of her release from him was ecstasy.
-- Elizabeth instantly read her feelings, and at that moment solicitude for Wickham, resentment against his enemies, and everything else, gave way before the hope of Jane's being in the fairest way for happiness.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Now, Monsieur Rigaud,' said he, pausing for a moment at the grate, with his keys in his hands, 'have the goodness to come out.'
-- 'Your daughter,' said the other, when they had taken another silent turn to and fro, and, after standing for a moment at the wall glancing down at the sea, had resumed their walk, 'is your only child, I know, Mr Meagles.
-- He had a candle in his hand, and he held it up for a moment to assist his keen eyes.
-- A moment before, I thought him wandering in his mind, as he had been for many hours I think he had no consciousness of pain in his short illness when I saw him turn himself in his bed and try to open it.'
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As young readers like to know 'how people look', we will take this moment to give them a little sketch of the four sisters, who sat knitting away in the twilight, while the December snow fell quietly without, and the fire crackled cheerfully within.
-- A moment was allowed for the first thrill to subside, then Hugo, the villain, stalked in with a clanking sword at his side, a slouching hat, black beard, mysterious cloak, and the boots.
-- The gruff tones of Hugo's voice, with an occasional shout when his feelings overcame him, were very impressive, and the audience applauded the moment he paused for breath.
-- The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling her-self up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.
-- As she came up the street, on her return, she saw three, yes, four heads pop-ping in and out of the parlor windows, and the moment they saw her, several hands were waved, and several joyful voices screamed... 'Here's a letter from the old gentleman!Come quick, and read it!'
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