resolute是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 坚决的， 果断的，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：
-- Surely, two resolute and well-armed Europeans need not give a thought to an attack by a handful of miserable beings."
-- "Edward," she said in a resolute tone, "neither Mary Grant nor I must fall into the hands of these savages alive!"
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He bestrode it as a lion in the pride of strength, with shield and spear before him and a cry of battle on his lips resolute to kill the first that should dare face him.
-- He held his round shield and his spear in front of him, resolute to kill any who should dare face him.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But she was a resolute woman.
-- He went straight into his room, his face quite calm perhaps a trifle more resolute than usual.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had the squarest and most resolute face I ever set eyes upon.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The evils of this state of things pressed heavily on the fortunes of the resolute Scotsman who now defended Wil-liam Henry.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters: a man of great merit, energetic, prompt and ready for anything, full of ideas, having traveled over the whole world, soldier and artist, enthusiastic in council, resolute in action, caring neither for trouble, fatigue, nor danger, when in pursuit of information, for himself first, and then for his journal, a perfect treasury of knowledge on all sorts of curious subjects, of the unpublished, of the unknown, and of the impossible.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs Jiniwin made a faint demonstration of rebellion by sitting down in a chair near the door and folding her arms as if in a resolute determination to do nothing.
-- Miss Sally Brass, then, was a lady of thirty-five or thereabouts, of a gaunt and bony figure, and a resolute bearing, which if it repressed the softer emotions of love, and kept admirers at a distance, certainly inspired a feeling akin to awe in the breasts of those male strangers who had the happiness to approach her.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Even the chanter's daughter stopped for a moment and looked at her with raised eyebrows, but immediately resumed walking with long, resolute strides.
-- "And my conscience demands that I sacrifice my liberty in expiation of my sin, and my decision to marry her, although but fictitiously, and follow her wherever she may be sent, remains unaltered," he said to himself, with spiteful obstinacy, and, leaving the hospital, he made his way with resolute step to the prison gate.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- shrugging her shoulders, 'a very respectable pursuit, I dare say, and some artists are, as artists, quite superior persons; still, we never yet in our family have gone beyond an Amateur, and it is a pardonable weakness to feel a little 'As Mrs Gowan broke off to heave a sigh, Clennam, however resolute to be magnanimous, could not keep down the thought that there was mighty little danger of the family's ever going beyond an Amateur, even as it was.
-- As he stepped back, preparatory to saying he had no more to ask, he could not but observe how gloomily and fixedly she sat with her eyes fastened on the ground, and a certain air upon her of resolute waiting; also, how exactly the self-same expression was reflected in Mr Flintwinch, standing at a little distance from her chair, with his eyes also on the ground, and his right hand softly rubbing his chin.
-- I was resolute in repulsing him; for I had determined when I went there, that no one should pity me or condescend to me.
-- Resolute and wild of look, rapid of foot and yet weak and uncertain, conspicuously dressed in its black garments and with its hurried head-covering, gaunt and of an unearthly paleness, it pressed forward, taking no more heed of the throng than a sleep-walker.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Something in his resolute tone made Jo look up quickly to find him looking down at her with an expression that as-sured her the dreaded moment had come, and made her put out her hand with an imploring, 'No, Teddy.
-- Hat and coat were off, and every line of the active figure, resolute face, and commanding attitude was full of energy and meaning.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Such matters keep well, and, like good wine, often double their value in course of time,' answered the matron, still preserving the resolute indifference she had assumed.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- His cous-in was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment, maintaining at the same time the most resolute composure of countenance, and, except in an occasional glance at Elizabeth, requiring no partner in his pleasure.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Their visitors, except those from Barton Park, were not many; for, in spite of Sir John's urgent entreaties that they would mix more in the neighbourhood, and repeated assurances of his carriage being always at their service, the independence of Mrs. Dashwood's spirit overcame the wish of society for her children; and she was resolute in declining to visit any family beyond the distance of a walk.
-- She received the news with resolute composure; made no observation on it, and at first shed no tears; but after a short time they would burst out, and for the rest of the day, she was in a state hardly less pitiable than when she first learnt to expect the event.
-- In the whole of her subsequent manner, she traced the direction of a mind awakened to reasonable exertion; for no sooner had they entered their common sitting-room, than Marianne turned her eyes around it with a look of resolute firmness, as if determined at once to accustom herself to the sight of every object with which the remembrance of Willoughby could be connected. She said little, but every sentence aimed at cheerfulness, and though a sigh sometimes escaped her, it never passed away without the atonement of a smile.
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