After vows , the bride ' s floral wreath , which symbolizes her maidenhood , is removed and set afire by the mistress of ceremonies 婚礼宣誓后,象征着新娘少女身份的花环要由婚礼的女主持人取下烧掉。
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She might prove it false if she could veil bygones . the recuperative power which pervaded organic nature was surely not denied to maidenhood alone 如果她能够把过去掩盖起来,她也许就可以证明这句话是错误的了。
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Nature , in her fantastic trickery , had set such a seal of maidenhood upon tess s countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air 自然用它异想天开的诡计,在苔丝的脸卜刻下一种处女的标志,安琪尔看着她,不禁目瞪口呆。
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Ruth was blushing , but it was the blush of maidenhood called upon for the first time to discuss the sacred things of life with a mother held equally sacred 露丝红了脸,是处女的羞红。她还是第一次跟被她看作神圣的母亲讨论这个在生命中同样神圣的问题。
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So when maidenhood has wandered into the moil of the city , when it is brought within the circle of the " rounder " and the roue , even though it be at the outermost rim , they can come forth and use their alluring arts 所以那些少女们流落到大城市时,一旦落入了这些浪子和登徒子之流的圈套,即使只是碰到了圈套的最边缘,他们也会走上前来,施展勾搭引诱的花招。
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All other scenes of earth - even that village of rural england , where happy infancy and stainless maidenhood seemed yet to be in her mother s keeping , like garments put off long ago - were foreign to her , in comparison 世界上别的景色,甚至包括她度过幸福的童年和无暇的少女时期的英格兰乡村象是早巳换下的衣服,交给她母亲去保管了,相比之下,那些地方在她眼里那是它乡异地了。
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It was the first time she had heard an oath from the lips of a man she knew , and she was shocked , not merely as a matter of principle and training , but shocked in spirit by this rough blast of life in the garden of her sheltered maidenhood 从她所认识的男人嘴里听见亵线的活,这在她还是第一次。她很吃惊,不但因为那是个原则和教养时问题,而己因为她的精神在她受到庇护的处文苑圃里受到了生活里的狂风的吹打,感到了震撼。