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| go through: experience, endure or suffer sth |
| 经历、忍受或遭受某事物 1. She’s gone through an unhappy time. 她经历了一段困难时期。 2. He seemed to have forgotten all that he had gone through. 他似乎把他受的苦全忘了。 study or exam sth closely 仔细或系统地研究或检查 1. We ‘d like to have you go through the book. 我们想让你审查一下这本书。 2. They went through our luggage at the customs. 在海关，他们检查了我们的行李。 |
| whereabouts: place where sb/sth is |
| (某人/某物)所在的地方；下落；行踪 1. His whereabouts is a matter of guessing. 他的下落只是一种猜测。 2. Her whereabouts are still unknown. 她的下落至今不明。 |
 Verne
artfully kept this popular interest alive… |
| Meaning: Verne skillfully
kept his readers eager to know what would happen to London because
of her;… 凡尔纳巧妙地使公众兴趣丝毫不减。 |
| …
and almost missed connections on her account:… |
| Meaning: … nearly lost connections with the ship to know what would happen to his hero:… 他几乎耽误了联运计划； |
| connection (n) : passengers to change from one to the other |
| （供中转旅客及时换乘的）联合运输工具 1. The train was late and I missed my connection. 火车误了点，我没能赶上联运。 2. There are connections at Paris for all European capitals. 可取道巴黎前往欧洲各国首都。 |
| on one’s account: because of ; for the sake of him 为了某人的缘故 |
| 1. Don’t change your plans
on my account. 不要为了我而改变计划。 2. Don’t blame him on my account. 不要因为我而责备他。 |
| As
the world held its breath, Fogg reached London with only minutes to
spare, and won his bet. |
| Meaning:… Fogg reached London with only minutes ahead of the time to win his bet. 福格在只剩几分钟时到达了伦敦，赢得了他的赌注。 |
| Simon
Lake, … credits Verne with giving him virtually a blueprint for his
invention. |
| Meaning: Simon Lake,… speaks
highly of Verne for it was Berne who had drawn him a clear picture
on what submarine would be like in the novel, which makes his invention
possible. 塞门·莱克，这个现代潜艇的奠基人，对凡尔纳褒奖有加，认为他的发明是由于凡尔纳差不多给他画了一张设计图。 |
| credit sb with sth: bring honor to 把某事归功于某人（某事） |
| 1. I’ve always credited you
with more sense. 我一直认为你不至于如此糊涂。 2. Edison is credited with the invention of the bulb. 灯泡的发明应各归功于爱迪生。 |
| The
people of his fancy… |
| Meaning: The characters out
of his imagination in the fiction. 他想小说中的人物 |
| …and
fires glass bullets containing an electric spark instantly fatal. |
| Meaning: …, and it can shoot
out glass bullets that can kill anyone at once with the electric sparks
in them. 射出的玻璃子弹内含有立刻致人死亡的电火花。 |
| sneer at: show contempt for sb/sth 嘲笑；讥笑 |
| 1. I resent the way he sneers
at our efforts. 我们已十分努力而他却讥笑我们。 2. He has a bad habit to sneer at girls’ cheap clothes. 他有一个愿意嘲笑女孩廉价衣服的坏习惯。 |
| To
his colleagues he wired: “There is no Jules Verne and Company ---
there is only Jules.” |
| Meaning: He sent a telegram
to his colleagues: “Jules Verne is not a group of scientists. Jules
is really the only writer.” 她给他的同事们打电报说：“绝对没有一个称作儒勒·凡尔纳的群体 －－只有儒勒”。 |
| The
old story teller is dead. It is like the passing of Santa Claus. |
| Meaning: Jules Verne has
entertained the whole world with his fascinating stories just in the
same way that Santa Claus brings happiness to children with gifts.His
death is a great loss to the world. “讲故事的老人去逝了，如同圣诞老人的去逝一样。” |
