n.女施主;女恩人
I hope that sigh is from the heart, and that you repent of ever having been the occasion of discomfort to your excellent benefactress. 但愿你的叹息是发自内心的,但愿你已后悔不该给你的大恩人带来烦恼。
Whenever she was taken out, her ankles were chained together to permit only small steps and her benefactress held the end of her chain. 一旦她被带到外面,她的脚踝就被锁链连在一起,以保证她只能以很小的步子行走,她的领养人总是握着锁链的末端。
Pip assumes, and Havisham allows him to believe, that she is his benefactress and that he is being elevated to a position that will make him worthy of Estella. 恰在此时,一匿名人给匹普一笔财产,让他去伦敦接受所谓“上等人”教育。
Mohammed was not the man to give an exclusive devotion to any one woman, but there is no doubt that, within the limit set by polygamy, he was genuinely fond of his wife and benefactress. 穆罕默德并不是一个爱情专一的人,但毫无疑问的是:尽管当时没有一夫一妻制的约束,他仍然真心真意地爱着他的妻子和恩人。
Mohammed was not the man to give an exclusive devotion to any one woman,but there is no doubt that,within the limit set by polygamy,he was genuinely fond of his wife and benefactress. 穆罕默德并不是一个爱情专一的人,但毫无疑问的是:尽管当时没有一夫一妻制的约束,他仍然真心真意地爱着他的妻子和恩人。