unable是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 不能的， 不会的，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。
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《查太莱夫人的情人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Unable to evict the somewhat man-handled Venus from his couch, he beat a retreat and retired, it is said, to his mother's house in Tever-shall.
-- What a misery to be like Don Juan, and impotent ever to fuck oneself into peace, and the little flame alight, impotent and unable to be chaste in the cool between-whiles, as by a river.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《小杜丽》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Offenders against the revenue laws, and defaulters to excise or customs who had incurred fines which they were unable to pay, were supposed to be incarcerated behind an iron-plated door closing up a second prison, consisting of a strong cell or two, and a blind alley some yard and a half wide, which formed the mysterious termination of the very limited skittle-ground in which the Marshalsea debtors bowled down their troubles.
-- The deepest character whom the turnkey sounded, was unable to produce his law for tying such a knot as that.
-- 'Don't name it, sir,' returned Plornish, 'it'll be ekally a pleasure an a it'l be ekally a pleasure and a ' Finding himself unable to balance his sentence after two efforts, Mr Plornish wisely dropped it.
-- I suppose it has been through being unable to account for Chivery; but as to the connection between the two, I don't see 'His voice died away, as if she could not bear the pain of hearing him, and her hand had gradually crept to his lips.
-- The mild Plornish was at first quite unable to get his mind away from Mr F.'s Aunt.
在路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- By the time the lecture ended and the au-dience awoke, she had built up a splendid fortune for herself (not the first founded on paper), and was already deep in the concoction of her story, being unable to decide wheth-er the duel should come before the elopement or after the murder.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Poor Oliver tried to keep up with the coach a little way, but was unable to do it, by reason of his fatigue and sore feet.
-- Sikes slackened his pace when they reached this spot: the girl being quite unable to support any longer, the rapid rate at which they had hitherto walked.
-- But, unfortunately, Charley, in opening his mouth to reply that he was never more serious in his life, was unable to prevent the escape of such a violent roar, that the abused Mr. Chitling, without any preliminary ceremonies, rushed across the room and aimed a blow at the offender; who, being skilful in evading pursuit, ducked to avoid it, and chose his time so well that it lighted on the chest of the merry old gentleman, and caused him to stagger to the wall, where he stood panting for breath, while Mr. Chitling looked on in intense dismay.
-- Covering her face with her hands, she sank upon a sofa, and gave vent to the tears which she was now unable to repress.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Bennet deigned not to make any reply, but, unable to contain herself, began scolding one of her daughters.
-- Mr. Bingley was obliged to be in town the following day, and, consequently, unable to accept the honour of their invitation, etc.
-- She answered in the affirmative, and, unable to resist the temptation,- added, 'When you met us there the other day, we had just been forming a new acquaintance.'
-- My father supported him at school, and afterwards at Cambridge most important assistance, as his own father, always poor from the extrav-agance of his wife, would have been unable to give him a gentleman's education.
-- I joined them unexpectedly a day or two be-fore the intended elopement, and then Georgiana, unable to support the idea of grieving and offending a brother whom she almost looked up to as a father, acknowledged the whole to me.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But when I had done this, I was unable to stir it up again, or to get under it, much less to move it forward towards the water; so I was forced to give it over; and yet, though I gave over the hopes of the boat, my desire to venture over for the main increased, rather than decreased, as the means for it seemed impossible.
-- Indeed, I looked back with some horror upon the thoughts of what my condition would have been if I had chopped upon them and been discovered be-fore that; when, naked and unarmed, except with one gun, and that loaded often only with small shot, I walked every-where, peeping and peering about the island, to see what I could get; what a surprise should I have been in if, when I discovered the print of a man's foot, I had, instead of that, seen fifteen or twenty savages, and found them pursuing me, and by the swiftness of their running no possibility of my escaping them!The thoughts of this sometimes sank my very soul within me, and distressed my mind so much that I could not soon recover it, to think what I should have done, and how I should not only have been unable to resist them, but even should not have had presence of mind enough to do what I might have done; much less what now, after so much consideration and preparation, I might be able to do.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters were met at the door of the house by Sir John, who welcomed them to Barton Park with unaffected sincerity; and as he attended them to the drawing room repeated to the young ladies the concern which the same subject had drawn from him the day before, at being unable to get any smart young men to meet them.
-- The high downs which invited them from almost every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were a happy alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath shut up their superior beauties; and towards one of these hills did Marianne and Margaret one memorable morning direct their steps, attracted by the partial sunshine of a showery sky, and unable longer to bear the confinement which the settled rain of the two preceding days had occasioned.
-- Marianne had at first the advantage, but a false step brought her suddenly to the ground; and Margaret, unable to stop herself to assist her, was involuntarily hurried along, and reached the bottom in safety.
-- "Yes, for I am unable to keep my engagement with you.
-- She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
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