outside the pale meaning in English
在...范围之外
Examples
- She was struck as by a blade with the miserable provision which was outside the pale of marriage
这种婚姻以外靠男人赡养的可悲生活像刀一样刺痛了她的心。 - The allies vanquished napoleon ; entered paris ; forced napoleon to abdicate , and sent him to the island of elba , not depriving him , however , of the dignity of emperor , showing him , in fact , every respect , although five years before , and one year later , he was regarded by every one as a brigand outside the pale of the law
盟军战胜了拿破仑,进驻巴黎,迫使拿破仑退位,并把他流放到厄尔巴岛。虽然流放他的五年前和一年以后,大家公认他是一个无法无天的强盗,不过,当时并未取消他的皇帝称号,仍尽力对他表示尊敬。 - Her curiosity was even excited , and she began questioning her about obscure vices and was astounded to be adding to her information at her time of life and with her knowledge . she burst out laughing and gave vent to various expressions of surprise . it struck her as so queer , and yet she was a little shocked by it , for she was really quite the philistine outside the pale of her own habits
她突然起了好奇心,她询问萨丹关于她们鬼混的地方的情况,在她这样的年,除了她已经知道的事情外,萨丹又告诉她一些事情,这使她惊得目瞪口呆她哈哈大笑,惊叫起来,觉得很新奇,然而也产生几分反感,因为从本质上来说,她是一个因循守旧的人,凡是不合她习惯的东西,她都看不顺眼。