steady是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 稳的, 平稳的; 稳定的, 持续的; 稳重的, 坚定的; v. (使) 平稳, (使) 稳，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《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The yacht had risen once more, but she found herself at the mercy of the waves entirely now, with nothing to steady or direct her, and was so fearfully pitched and tossed about that every moment the captain expected the masts would break short off.
-- Though his impassive face betrayed no symptoms of fear, he was tortured with anxiety, and his steady gaze was fixed on the north, as if trying to pierce through the thick mists that enshrouded it.
-- John Mangles had installed himself at the starboard, and entrusted to Wilson a sort of oar to steady the raft against the current, and lessen the leeway.
-- The light was steady and continued.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He wore a ruddy-tinted tweed suit and had the weath-er-beaten appearance of one who has spent most of his time in the open air, and yet there was something in his steady eye and the quiet assurance of his bearing which indicated the gentleman.
-- Far away, miles off, in the direction of Grimpen, a single steady yellow light was shining.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The expression of his face changed gradually from indignant contempt to a composed and steady gravity.
-- Elizabeth preserved as steady a silence as either Mrs. Hurst or Miss Bingley; and even Lydia was too much fatigued to utter more than the occasional exclamation of 'Lord, how tired I am!'
-- The steady countenance which Miss Lucas had com-manded in telling her story, gave way to a momentary confusion here on receiving so direct a reproach; though, as it was no more than she expected, she soon regained her composure, and calmly replied: 'Why should you be surprised, my dear Eliza?
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I remembered the lump of beeswax with which I made can-dles in my African adventure; but I had none of that now; the only remedy I had was, that when I had killed a goat I saved the tallow, and with a little dish made of clay, which I baked in the sun, to which I added a wick of some oakum, I made me a lamp; and this gave me light, though not a clear, steady light, like a candle.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age.
-- Elinor encouraged her as much as possible to talk of what she felt; and before breakfast was ready, they had gone through the subject again and again; and with the same steady conviction and affectionate counsel on Elinor's side, the same impetuous feelings and varying opinions on Marianne's, as before.
-- Not that Marianne appeared to distrust the truth of any part of it, for she listened to it all with the most steady and submissive attention, made neither objection nor remark, attempted no vindication of Willoughby, and seemed to shew by her tears that she felt it to be impossible.
-- CHAPTER 50After a proper resistance on the part of Mrs. Ferrars, just so violent and so steady as to preserve her from that reproach which she always seemed fearful of incurring, the reproach of being too amiable, Edward was admitted to her presence, and pronounced to be again her son.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Minnie's manner was one of trained industry, and Carrie could see that it was a steady round of toil with her.
-- He leaned over quietly and continued his steady gaze.
-- "And I'm telling you," he returned, fixing a clear, steady eye on her, "that it's no easy thing to get.
-- Already she was moving forward with a steady grace, born of inspiration.
-- The train was speeding with steady grace across the fields and through patches of wood.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But when he did get the thing straightened around he looked at me steady without ever smiling, and says: 'What do dey stan' for?
-- They started riding towards the store; then up gets one of the boys, draws a steady bead over the wood-rank, and drops one of them out of his saddle.
-- Boggs and the men turned round to see who called him, and when they see the pistol the men jumped to one side, and the pistol-barrel come down slow and steady to a level both barrels cocked.
-- Tom he looked at the nig-ger, steady and kind of wondering, and says: 'Does WHO know us?'
-- And when she was going away she looked down in my eyes so steady and gentle, and says: 'The door ain't going to be locked, Tom, and there's the window and the rod; but you'll be good, WON'T you?
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