英美人天天都在说的4000句 172:take french leave

[00:01]Sm：My dear Senator, it may be customary out on the prairie to take French leave of people and not show up for five hours.
[00:07]Sa：Oh, I'm very sorry about that, Miss Saunders.
[00:10]You,you are Miss Saunders, aren't you?
[00:11]Mo：Yeah. You cut your way through that forest.
[00:13]Sm：I'm awfully¹ sorry.
[00:15]I, I've never been called absent-minded before but...
[00:20]but there it was, all of a sudden.
[00:22]It was staring at me through the station doors.
[00:25]The dome²! The Capitol dome!

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。