gratitude是一个雅思常考词汇,这个词的常用解释为n. 感激, 感恩,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《双城记》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- The preceding rela-tive positions of himself and Lucie were reversed, yet only as the liveliest gratitude and affection could reverse them, for he could have had no pride but in rendering some ser-vice to her who had rendered so much to him.
-- 'If you could say, with truth, to your own solitary heart, to-night, 'I have secured to myself the love and attachment, the gratitude or respect, of no human creature; I have won myself a tender place in no regard; I have done nothing good or serviceable to be remembered by!'
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- You cannot conceive the craving I have to see him, and so cannot conceive the gratitude your help will arouse in me.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Aouda pathetically thanked her deliverers, rather with tears than words; her fine eyes interpreted her gratitude better than her lips.
-- During the first days of the journey Aouda became better acquainted with her protector, and constantly gave evidence of her deep gratitude for what he had done.
-- It was every day an increasing wonder to Passepartout, who read in Aouda's eyes the depths of her gratitude to his master.
-- Has he ever understood that my gratitude to him is overflowing?
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:
-- He glanced timidly at Avdotya Romanovna, but her proud countenance wore at that moment an expres-sion of such gratitude and friendliness, such complete and unlooked-for respect (in place of the sneering looks and ill-disguised contempt he had expected), that it threw him into greater confusion than if he had been met with abuse.
-- Disregarding public opinion for your sake and reinstating your reputation, I certainly might very well reckon on a fitting return, and might in-deed look for gratitude on your part.
-- On the other hand, the gratitude expressed was most glowing and was reinforced by tears from the most sensible of mothers.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- I rememberhow the solemn feeling with which at length I turned my eyesaway, yielded to the sensation of gratitude and rest which the sightof the white-curtained bed- and how much more the lying softlydown upon it, nestling in the snow-white sheets!- inspired.
-- I could have wished he had been lessobliged to me, for he hovered about me in his gratitude all the restof the evening; and whenever I said a word to Agnes, was sure,with his shadowless eyes and cadaverous face, to be lookinggauntly down upon us from behind.
-- If I did her wrong; as I fear I did, in taking advantage (but I nevermeant it) of her gratitude and her affection; I ask pardon of thatlady, in my heart!'
-- When my child,' he said aloud, andwith an energy of gratitude that shook him from head to foot,'stood upon the brink of more than I can say or think on- Martha,trew to her promise, saved her!'
-- I found that myservices were constantly called into requisition for the falsificationof business, and the mystification of an individual whom I willdesignate as Mr. W. That Mr. W. was imposed upon, kept in 693ignorance, and deluded, in every possible way; yet, that all thiswhile, the ruffian- HEEP- was professing unbounded gratitude to,and unbounded friendship for, that much-abused gentleman.
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- A large debt of gratitude was owing here; but the intercourse of the last seven years, the equal footing and perfect unre-serve which had soon followed Isabella's marriage, on their being left to each other, was yet a dearer, tenderer recol-lection.
-- He had never been an unhappy man; his own temper had secured him from that, even in his first marriage; but his second must shew him how de-lightful a well-judging and truly amiable woman could be, and must give him the pleasantest proof of its being a great deal better to choose than to be chosen, to excite gratitude than to feel it.
-- Mrs. Weston was the object of a regard which had its basis in gratitude and esteem.
-- Chapter VIEmma could not feel a doubt of having given Harriet's fan-cy a proper direction and raised the gratitude of her young vanity to a very good purpose, for she found her decidedly more sensible than before of Mr. Elton's being a remarkably handsome man, with most agreeable manners; and as she had no hesitation in following up the assurance of his admi-ration by agreeable hints, she was soon pretty confident of creating as much liking on Harriet's side, as there could be any occasion for.
-- But it is his gratitude on Harriet's account.'
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Bathsheba's heart bounded with gratitude in the thought that she was not altogether deserted, and she jumped up.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里,有这样的句子出现:
-- Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
-- No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs.
-- In these last moments I feel the sincer-est gratitude towards those who think of me with kindness.
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