gauge是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 标准尺寸, (铁道) 轨矩; (雨量) 器; (电线) 直径; vt. 测量; 估计; 评价(人物)，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。
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Bathsheba's companion, as a gauge of their reconciliation, had been granted a week's holiday to visit her sister, who was married to a thriving hurdler and cattle-crib-maker living in a delightful labyrinth of hazel copse not far beyond Yalbury.
-- Bathsheba in after times could never gauge the mood which carried her through the actions following this murmured resolution on this memorable evening of her life.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《安娜·卡列尼娜》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This was not a mere guess; her connection with the child was still so close, that she could gauge by the flow of her milk his need of food, and knew for certain he was hungry.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I've a gauge on the keg, mind.
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