composite [ˈkɒmpəzɪt] adj. 复合的,合成的;(火车车厢)综合的;(柱式)混合的;菊科的;n...
prevalent [ˈprevələnt] adj. 流行的;普遍的,广传的
superstitions [,sʊpɚ'stɪʃən] n. 迷信(superstition的复数)
Finn [fɪn] n. 芬兰人;爱尔兰巨人
Sawyer ['sɔːjə] n. 锯木匠;显赫天牛;漂流水中的树木;n. (Sawyer)人名;(英...
MOST of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn + 芬兰人 is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer + 锯木匠;显赫天牛 also, but not from an individual—he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite + 复合的,合成的 order of architecture.
The odd superstitions + 迷信(superstition的复数 touched upon were all prevalent + 流行的 among children and slaves in the West at the period of this story—that is to say, thirty or forty years ago.
shunned v. 避免;躲开(shun的过去分词)
pleasantly [ˈplezntli] adv. 愉快地;和蔼地,亲切地;友好地
Although my book is intended mainly for the entertainment of boys and girls, I hope it will not be shunned + 避免 by men and women on that account, for part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly + 愉快地 remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they felt and thought and talked, and what queer enterprises they sometimes engaged in.
THE AUTHOR.
HARTFORD, 1876.
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