英语专业才懂的事-莎士比亚和简奥斯丁是他们的小伙伴(5)

 英语专业的学生才能懂的事

 

William Shakespeare and Jane Austen aretheir peers.

 

莎士比亚和简•奥斯丁是他们的小伙伴

 

Because they delve¹ so deeply into Shakespeare's sonnets² and plays, or Austen's "Pride and Prejudice",the student feels like the know the actual person.

 

Thus, they consider them their peer.

 

1 delve   

v.深入探究，钻研

参考例句：

• We should not delve too deeply into this painful matter.我们不应该过分深究这件痛苦的事。
• We need to delve more deeply into these questions.这些是我们想进一步了解的。

2 sonnets   

n.十四行诗( sonnet的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Keats' reputation as a great poet rests largely upon the odes and the later sonnets. 作为一个伟大的诗人，济慈的声誉大部分建立在他写的长诗和后期的十四行诗上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He referred to the manuscript circulation of the sonnets. 他谈到了十四行诗手稿的流行情况。 来自辞典例句