(pron. & a.) As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned, or that is just about to be mentioned.

(pron. & a.) As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this way to town.

手打:蘇珊

• They are purging more than the epsom salts in this epoch. 歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• I have something beyond this, but I will call it a defect, not an endowment, if it leads me to misery, while ye are happy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
• You naughty, wicked child,--you've been stealing this! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• There's money in this case, Watson, if there is nothing else. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• What a fine town but how the _buena gente_, the good people of that town, have suffered in this war. 歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Tis just this, sir. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• And after this cry and strife the sun may rise and see him worsted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I know this in much the same way, I suppose. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• But this does not mean that men will have become homeless and all adrift. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• But this base attempt to injure Mr. Pickwick recoiled upon the head of its calumnious author. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• His merits in this respect resemble those of Kepler in astronomy. 李貝. 西洋科學(xué)史.
• Is there some one in La Granja capable of this? 歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• This was done with effect, as is proved by the Confederate reports. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
• Investigation of these cases, however, revealed invariably the purely fraudulent nature of all such offers, which were uniformly declined. 弗蘭克·劉易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發(fā)明.
• And what do you call these little fellows, ma'am? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• These good people were absolutely ignorant that their land contained that which was quite as valuable as a gold-mine. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
• Not a word had been spoken during the present session on any of these topics. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最后一個人.
• How she had to work and thrum at these duets and sonatas in the Street, before they appeared in public in the Square! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
• There were only these few words in her neatly flowing hand:-- I have told Mrs. Casaubon. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• From these ends is extended the spindle of Necessity, on which all the revolutions turn. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
• Mrs. Bardell, the plaintiff in the action, is within these walls, Sir. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• But these were secondary contributory causes. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• We can here consider only a few cases; of these, some of the most difficult to explain are presented by fish. 查爾斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
• These are my holidays. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
• I suppose it's smarter to use these rocks and build a good blind for this gun than to make a proper emplacement for it. 歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I say that these monstrous laws of yours will bring a curse upon the land--God will not let such wickedness endure. 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• One of these compounds, namely, chloride of lime, is the almost universal bleaching agent of commerce. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學(xué)通論.

整理:羅伯塔