Repose

(noun.) a disposition free from stress or emotion.

(verb.) put or confide something in a person or thing; 'These philosophers reposed the law in the people'.

(verb.) to put something (eg trust) in something; 'The nation reposed its confidence in the King'.

(verb.) lie when dead; 'Mao reposes in his mausoleum'.

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• Her pride and blameless ambition was to create smiles in all around her, and to shed repose on the fragile existence of her brother. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This idea pursued me, and tormented me at every moment from which I might otherwise have snatched repose and peace. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I gave Lucy in charge to the Countess's attendant, and then sought repose from my various struggles and impatient regrets. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Sweet one, and I folded her to my heart, better repose than wander further;--rest--my beloved, I will make a fire--you are chill. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• In all the grandeur of these forests there is repose; in all their freshness there is tenderness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Kitty is slight and delicate; and Mary studies so much, that her hours of repose should not be broken in on. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• But, to that nature, the very unbounded trust reposed in him was bond and seal for the most scrupulous accuracy. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• This is how you repay the trust which we have reposed in you. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The innocent suffers; but she whom I thought amiable and good has not betrayed the trust I reposed in her, and I am consoled. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• You shall never repent the trust you have reposed in me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• As night approached, I found myself at the entrance of the cemetery where William, Elizabeth, and my father, reposed. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Such confidence could not safely be reposed in people of a very mean or low condition. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• On the hob, a kettle steamed; on the hearth, a cat reposed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• By degrees he fell to reposing such great confidence in me, as to ask my advice in reference to his own affairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It had been reposing there probably all night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She must be well brought up, and well guarded from reposing any foolish confidences where they are not deserved. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• My dear Mortimer, you are the express picture of contented industry, reposing (on credit) after the virtuous labours of the day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• My dear Eugene, you are the express picture of discontented idleness not reposing at all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• A fair, sweet, and honest country face was revealed, reposing in a nest of wavy chestnut hair. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It acquiesces in them; and, in a manner, fixes and reposes itself on them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• One hand of the mistress generally reposes on the loving serf's rude head, because if she takes it away he groans and is discontented. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His heart, exhausted by his early sufferings, reposes like a new-healed limb, and shrinks from all excitement. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And before a statue of one of those dead Medicis reposes a crown that blazes with diamonds and emeralds enough to buy a ship-of-the-line, almost. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A tall and stalwart man reposes on a couch there. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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