短篇小说 | Caught
The plans for the detention of the flying President Miraflores and his companion at the coast line seemed hardly likely to fail. Doctor Zavalla himself had gone to the port of Alazan to establish a guard at that point.
短篇小说 | Loka
She had appeared one day at the side door of Frobissaint’s “oyster saloon” in Natchitoches, asking for food. Frobissaint, a practical philanthropist, engaged her on the spot as tumbler-washer.
容易误译的英语 | bread and butter
［例句］ Are you bread and butter secure?
［误译］ 你的面包和黄油安全吗?
短篇小说 | The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq.
I am now growing in years, and—since I understand that Shakespeare and Mr. Emmons are deceased—it is not impossible that I may even die.
短篇小说 | Calloway's Code
The New York Enterprise sent H. B. Calloway as special correspondent to the Russo-Japanese-Portsmouth war.
短篇小说 | Lilacs
Mme. Adrienne Farival never announced her coming; but the good nuns knew very well when to look for her.
容易误译的英语 | brazen-faced
［例句］ He is brazen-faced.
［误译］ 他呈现古铜脸色。
短篇小说 | The Landscape Garden
No more remarkable man ever lived than my friend, the young Ellison. He was remarkable in the entire and continuous profusion of good gifts ever lavished upon him by fortune.
短篇小说 | By Courier
It was neither the season nor the hour when the Park had frequenters; and it is likely that the young lady, who was seated on one of the benches at the side of the walk, had merely obeyed a sudden impulse to sit for a while and enjoy a foretaste of coming Spring.
短篇小说 | La Belle Zoraïde
The summer night was hot and still; not a ripple of air swept over the marais.
容易误译的英语 | brazen it out
［例句］ The fellow brazened it out.
［误译］ 那家伙把黄铜拿出来。
短篇小说 | Buried Treasure
There are many kinds of fools. Now, will everybody please sit still until they are called upon specifically to rise?
