外刊小词详解

Chasm vs Chase vs Charm

与他分居的妻子闻到了另一个女人身上散发出的浓烈的香水味。
His estranged wife caught the heady waft of the other woman's perfume.

Restive vs Restless

She does whack it, by George. The way her crooked skirt swings at each whack.
哎呀，她拍得可真猛。随着拍打，她那歪歪拧拧的裙子就摇来摆去。

Trough vs Through

There are shadows enough for hell, and mire enough to render it nothing but a slough, and the dying man knows not whether he is on the point of becoming a spectre or a frog.
这里已暗如地狱，污泥成塘，垂死者不知他将变成鬼还是变成癞蛤蟆。

Purport vs Import

Her awkwardness had all but passed, leaving, if anything, a quaint residue which was as pleasing as perfect grace.
举止上的笨拙已经荡然无存，只留下那么一点有趣的痕迹，使她的一举一动就像最完美的风度一样可爱。

她穿着高跟鞋一步三晃地跟在他后面走。
She teetered after him in her high-heeled shoes.