【alas】 - A-level备考词汇

alas

UK:  [ə'læs]

US:  [ə'læs]

n.

1.热融喀斯特洼地

2.澳大利亚农业科学研究所

int.

1.唉;啊呀,天哪;可惜;然而

2.哎呀!哎哟!〔表示悲痛、遗憾等〕

1 . alas, in an instant the flame had died away, the stove vanished, the less girl sat cold and comfortless , with the burnt match in her hand.
她坐在那儿，手里捏着那烧过的火柴，又回到了寒冷和孤单之中。

2 . "Alas, " cries the cage bird, "I should not know where to sit perched in the sky. "
“可怜呐，”笼中的鸟儿叫道，“在天空中我不知道哪里栖止了。”

3 . Alas, the human brain tends to rationalize extremely complex cosmological events as being proof that only "a God" could have done it.
哎，人类的大脑总是趋向于自圆其说，把极端复杂的宇宙事件证明成那只能是“上帝”能够做到的。

4 . We always say " be up his hat as a confidante" , and this anger, how much is it really for confidante, alas, what men owe how many women.
我们总是说“怒发冲冠为红颜”，而这一怒中，到底有多少真的是为了红颜呢，唉，到底男人欠女人多少呢。

5 . Alas, none of the men around him seems capable of holding the fragile patchwork of tribes together, so he may well be persuaded to stay on.
哎，他周围的人似乎没有能力把四分五裂的部落联合在一起，他也许会被劝说继续留任。