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VOA慢速英语:'William Wilson,' by Edgar Allan Poe, Part Two
短语讲解:
1. His name was the same as mine — William Wilson — although he did not belong to my family in any way.
belong to 属于
例句:Earls, princes, and kings belong to the nobility.
伯爵、亲王和国王属于贵族。
2. Nevertheless, we continued to talk to each other in a more or less friendly way.
each other 互相,彼此
例句:These two examples duplicate each other.
这两个例子重了。
3. He would tell me what I should and should not do; and he would do this not openly, but in a word or two in which I had to look for the meaning.
look for 寻找(某人或某物)
例句:I look for you everywhere continuously!
我一直在到处找你!
4. I have said that, in the first years when we were in school together, my feelings might easily have been turned into friendship; but in the later months, although he talked to me less often then, I almost hated him.
turn into 成为; (使) 变成; 译成
例句:The war might turn into a miniature Stalingrad.
这场战争也许会变成小规模的斯大林格勒战役。
5. I had long been thinking of another of those plans to hurt him, with which I had until then had little success.
think of 想起; 考虑
例句:She is sensitive to what people think of her.
她很敏感人们对她是怎么想的。
6. It was my purpose now to begin to act according to this new plan.
according to 根据,按照
例句: Philip stayed at the hotel, according to Mr Hemming
据亨明先生所说,菲利普住在旅馆里。
7. I looked down upon his face.
look down upon 看轻; 蔑视,瞧不起
例句:We should spurn at the difficulties but not look down upon them.
我们应该蔑视困难,但绝不应轻视它们。
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