He was not an adept, after all. His astonishment and confusion were brief, to be sure, but they betrayed him so completely that his after-impulse to assume a haughty, offensive air only made us smile.英文原著 · 《Beauty and The Beast》
"Buy these!" repeated the Adept, or whatever he was, in a cruel
whisper. Paying the sum demanded, and trailing his vast load of
German romance, poor Blinton followed the fiend.英文原著 · 《Books and Bookmen》
he is only thus to be understood--that Lucilius had given a more graceful turn to the satire of Ennius and Pacuvius, not that he invented a new satire of his own; and Quintilian seems to explain this passage of Horace in these words: Satira quidem tota nostra est; in qua primus insignem laudem adeptus est Luciluis.英文原著 · 《Discourses on Satire and Epic Poetry》
Hazlehurst seemed quite attentive to his friend's sister. "He admires the pretty widow, I fancy," she said. "No wonder," said Elinor; "Mrs. Creighton is so very pretty, and very charming."
"Yes; she is very pretty, with those spirited brown eyes, and beautiful teeth. She is an adept in the art of dressing, too, and makes the most of every advantage. But though she is so pretty, and so clever, and so agreeable, yet I do not like her."
"People seem to love sometimes, men especially, where they do not like," said Mrs. Stanley. "I should not be surprised, at any time, to hear that Harry and Mrs.英文原著 · 《Elinor Wyllys-2》
Pamela was far too deficient in the commodity to be made anything of without such re-enforcement, even by an art more adept at making much out of nothing than Miss Liston's straightforward method could claim to be.英文原著 · 《Frivolous Cupid》
"I see future and eternal life before me as a certainty," she said; "it is like a light, and, thanks to its brilliancy, other things cannot be seen; but the light is there, and that is all I need." Her belief was, then, in the existence of God, the goodness of Providence and the immortality of the soul. George Sand was an adept in natural religion.英文原著 · 《George Sand》
♪ I strive for precision ♪ ♪ My aim is to be accurate and clear ♪ ♪ I don't say things I don't know to be true ♪ ♪ So believe me When I tell you I love you ♪ ♪ I don't write good love songs ♪ ♪ I'm not adept with metaphors or rhymes ♪ ♪ I just want to describe The things I know ♪ ♪ And the only thin美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》