1. The night of our birth, a thunderstorm had cracked a tree in the courtyard of the new church, setting the building afire. 我们出生的那个晚上,雷暴劈裂了新教堂大院里的一棵树,使建筑着了火。
2. They looked at the ship afire. 他们望着燃烧中的船。
3. The clinic was set afire. 诊所被人放火了。
4. He lit afire to scare off the wolves. 他点起火把狼吓跑。
5. Sydney is afire with Olympic enthusiasm. 悉尼全城燃烧着奥林匹克的热情。