gentle是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 文雅的, 有礼貌的，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：
-- The passage in the morning over this sierra, was accomplished without the slightest difficulty; after having crossed the Cordillera of the Andes, it was easy work to ascend the gentle heights of such a sierra as this.
-- "The aborigines of Australia are low enough in the scale of human intelligence, and most degraded and uncivilized, but they are mild and gentle in disposition, and not sanguinary like their New Zealand neighbors.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mr. Wickham began to speak on more general topics, Meryton, the neighbourhood, the society, appearing highly pleased with all that he had yet seen, and speaking of the latter with gentle but very intelligible gallantry.
-- Such were the gentle mur-murs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley's continued absence.
-- Mrs. Bennet was diffuse in her good wishes for the felicity of her daughter, and impressive in her injunctions that she should not miss the opportunity of enjoying herself as much as possible advice which there was every reason to believe would be well attended to; and in the clamorous happiness of Lydia herself in bidding farewell, the more gentle adieus of her sisters were uttered without being heard.
-- There was certainly at this moment, in Elizabeth's mind, a more gentle sensation towards the original than she had ever felt at the height of their acquaintance.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This cheered my heart a little, and especially when, in about half- an-hour more, it blew a pretty gentle gale.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I can only pronounce him to be a sensible man, well-bred, well-informed, of gentle address, and, I believe, possessing an amiable heart."
-- As it was impossible, however, now to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well-bred woman, contenting herself with merely giving her husband a gentle reprimand on the subject five or six times every day.
-- "And here is my sweet little Annamaria," she added, tenderly caressing a little girl of three years old, who had not made a noise for the last two minutes; "And she is always so gentle and quiet Never was there such a quiet little thing!"
-- Her sister's earnest, though gentle persuasion, however, soon softened her to compliance, and Elinor saw her lay her aching head on the pillow, and as she hoped, in a way to get some quiet rest before she left her.
-- and by the means of this continual though gentle vent, was able not only to see the Miss Dashwoods from the first without the smallest emotion, but very soon to see them without recollecting a word of the matter; and having thus supported the dignity of her own sex, and spoken her decided censure of what was wrong in the other, she thought herself at liberty to attend to the interest of her own assemblies, and therefore determined (though rather against the opinion of Sir John) that as Mrs. Willoughby would at once be a woman of elegance and fortune, to leave her card with her as soon as she married.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- How suave was the counsel of his appearance!How feelingly did his superior state speak for itself!The growing desire he felt for her lay upon her spirit as a gentle hand.
-- At the stable he picked a gentle horse, and they were soon out of range of either public observation or hearing.
-- "Not when you have a gentle horse," said Carrie.
-- he asked, giving the girl's arm a gentle squeeze.
-- Therefore, he shook his head in the most gentle negative.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She was gentle and sweet like a dove, and she was only twenty.
-- She was about sixteen, and very sweet and gentle looking, but awful pale and scared.
-- And then one by one they got up and stood, and went a-weaving around the ring so gentle and wavy and grace-ful, the men looking ever so tall and airy and straight, with their heads bobbing and skimming along, away up there under the tent-roof, and every lady's rose-leafy dress flap-ping soft and silky around her hips, and she looking like the most loveliest parasol.
-- We crept in under Jim's bed and into the cabin, and pawed around and found the candle and lit it, and stood over Jim awhile, and found him looking hearty and healthy, and then we woke him up gentle and gradual.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Ah!Is this the gentle way, Mastro Antonio, in which you make your gifts?
-- I had finally to resort to the gentle language of the whip in order to bring him to my will.
-- Some went at my legs and some at my back, and among the others, there was one tiny fish so gentle and polite that he did me the great favor of eating even my tail."
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