这是我的第54篇日记。
1.「Fail」
常见的意思是“失败”,文中的意思是let sb down,使某人失望。
原句:It is my solace that I shall not fail you.
例句:I feel I've failed my children by not spending more time with them.
2.「wander」
常见的意思是“漫步,徘徊”,文中的意思是look around slowly at different things or at all parts of something,视线移来移去。
原句:His eyes wandered to the blue vase on the writing-table.
例句:His gaze wandered round the room.
3.「sheltered」
常见的意思是“受保护的,隐蔽的”,文中的意思是peaceful,安静的,宁静的。
原句:He shuddered, feeling as if an invisible door had been suddenly opened, a door through which a chill breeze from another world was blowing into his sheltered room.
give way to 给……让路
long to 渴望
slip back 偷偷溜回,逆流