n. （用于问句中，表示烦恼或吃惊）究竟；（某人）……极了；魔鬼
1.Dickens was pre-eminent among English writers of his day.
狄更斯在其同时期英国作家中最为出色。
2.Dickens started writing novels in his early thirties and became successful almost immediately.
狄更斯三十出头就开始写小说，并几乎立刻获得了成功。
3.The publication of Great Expectations strengthened Dickens' status as a leading novelist.
《远大前程》的出版巩固了狄更斯作为一流小说家的地位。
4.Dickens had so much energy and such an exceptional imagination.
狄更斯精力充沛，想象力非凡。
5.Dickens was born in Portsmouth, on England's southern coast.
狄更斯出生在英国南部海岸的朴茨茅斯。
6.The family's increasing poverty forced Dickens out of school at age 12 to work in Warren's Blacking Warehouse, a shoe-polish factory.
家庭的日益贫困迫使狄更斯在12岁时辍学，到沃伦的鞋油厂仓库工作。