1. He won't marry any of us or Tess either!
文法解析:这个句子是否定句,or其实是and,either其实是too。在否定句中and和too变化为or和either。
2. They all sighed,and crept into their beds,and fell asleep.
写作短语:creep into的意思是“爬进”。文中说到的是creep into their beds是指挤奶女工爬上床。Fall asleep的意思是“睡着”。
文法解析:with her deeper feelings是介词短语作伴随状况状语,意思是“怀着更深的感情”。
4. She knew Angel Clare preferred her to the others.
写作短语:prefer sb to sb的意思是“喜欢某人胜过喜欢另外一个人”。Prefer...to...的意思是在两者中更喜欢其中一者。例如:
Americans and Canadians prefer coffee drinking to tea drinking. 美国人和加拿大人喜欢喝咖啡胜过喝茶。
People in the south prefer green tea to black tea as compared with people in the north. 中国南方人比北方人更喜欢绿茶而不是红茶。
5. She could keep his affection for her.
写作短语:keep one’s affection for sb.的意思是“对某人怀有爱慕之情”。表示对......的感情,affection后面要用介词for,不能用其他的。例如:
Her affection for him was still the chief sentiment in her heart. 她对他的爱仍然主宰着她的感情。
Croft felt a mild affection for him. 克洛夫特对他还有了些好感。
She keeps a great affection for her hometown. 她对家乡怀有深厚的感情。
6. Perhaps the others should have a chance of attracting his attention,and even of marrying him.
写作短语:attract one’s attention的意思是“吸引某人的注意”“引起某人的注意”。例如:
I tried to attract his attention, but he was in a brown study. 我企图吸引他的注意力,可是他仍在沉思默想。
She gave a quiet cough to attract his attention. 她用一个一个轻咳来吸引他的注意。
7. She had heard from Mrs Crick that Mr Clare had spoken of marrying a country girl to help him farm,milk cows and reap corn.
写作句型:Sb. hears from sb. that+从句。
Ps:某人从某人那儿听说......。例如: I heard from John that you are in a good term with Mary. 我从约翰那里得知你和玛丽关系很好。
写作短语:speak of的意思是“说到,提及”。例如:
Reading is the only hobby I can speak of. 读书是我唯一值得一提的爱好。
8. She ought to leave the field open for the other girls.
写作短语:leave the field open for something的意思是“把这片天地留给某人”。Field是“领域”的意思,在这里指“机会”。这个结构是:leave field+形容非常。