The inutility of her best efforts, however, palsied the poor old gentlewoman.

然而，她尽了最大的努力却徒劳无功， 这让这位可怜的老太太麻木了。

" The lady who keeps it is a reduced gentlewoman, " explained Miss Barry.

“保管它的女士是一位低调的绅士，”巴里小姐解释道。

Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility.

俺知道了，'或者说：'听您的吩咐，先生。'" 虽然她们两人把凡是大家闺秀应该知道和东西都教给了她，但是她仅仅学到了表面的礼貌。

Using her family connections, she got a job at a hospital for " distressed gentlewomen" on Harley Street in London.

利用她的家庭关系，她在伦敦哈利街的一家为“苦恼的贵妇”服务的医院找到了一份工作。

" May I humbly ask if these decayed gentlewomen are to inhabit their palatial retreat rent-free" ?

“我可以谦虚地问一下，这些堕落的贵妇人是否要免费居住在他们富丽堂皇的隐居处”？

" These are new notions, " said the old gentlewoman, shaking her head.

“这些都是新概念， ” 老太太摇着头说。

Since the Pegler affair, this gentlewoman had covered her pity for Mr. Bounderby with a veil of quiet melancholy and contrition.

自从佩格勒事件发生后， 这位贵妇人就用一种平静的忧郁和忏悔掩盖了她对庞得贝先生的同情。

All stages of gentlemen mate a stage higher; and the lowest stage of gentlewomen are left single, or marry out of their class'.

诸位君子相配更上一层楼；最低级的绅士们要么单身，要么嫁出她们的阶级。

Put at the head of 38 volunteer nurses, the 37-year-old left behind her hospital for gentlewomen and got on a boat on October 21, 1854.

1854 年 10 月 21 日，在 38 名志愿护士的带领下，37 岁的她离开了贵妇医院，登上了一艘船。

Worst of all, when the actual duties are comprised in such petty details as now vexed the brooding soul of the old gentlewoman.

最糟糕的是， 当实际的职责包含在如此琐碎的细节中时， 这让这位老太太忧郁的灵魂现在很烦恼。

" I read one out of curiosity, " said Mrs. Encombe. " I must say, it's more what you'd expect from a Frenchman than from an English gentlewoman" .

" 我出于好奇看过一本，" 恩科姆太太说。 " 依我看，这种书不像出自一个英国有教养的妇女之手，倒像是一个法国男人写的。"

Such was the case. The vibrations of the Judge's voice had reached the old gentlewoman in the parlor, where she sat, with face averted, waiting on her brother's slumber.

情况就是这样。法官声音的颤动传到了客厅里的老太太那里，她坐在那里，避开脸，等待她哥哥的熟睡。

In the case of our old gentlewoman, after the excitement of new effort had subsided, the despondency of her whole life threatened, ever and anon, to return.

以我们这位老太太为例，在新的努力的兴奋消退之后，她一生的沮丧情绪时不时地威胁着要卷土重来。

The old gentlewoman stole behind Phoebe, and peeped from the passageway into the shop, to note how she would manage her undertaking. It was a case of some intricacy.

老太婆偷偷跟在菲碧身后，从过道里往店里窥视，看看她将如何经营自己的事业。这是一个有些复杂的案例。

If it was too large for a pair of unpretending gentlewomen, this was better than the opposite fault; for Catherine had no desire to find herself in closer quarters with her aunt.

如果对于一对朴实的淑女来说太大了，这总比对面的错要好；因为凯瑟琳不想和姑姑住得更近一些。

Yet, at the moment, I have seen her insult a worthy old gentlewoman, whom unexpected misfortunes had made dependent on her ostentatious bounty, and who, in better days, had claims on her gratitude.

然而，此时此刻，我看到她侮辱了一位可敬的老太太，意想不到的不幸使她依赖于她炫耀的恩惠，而在更好的日子里，她会得到她的感激。

Never forgetting that by birth she was a gentlewoman, she cultivated her aristocratic tastes and feelings, so that when the opportunity came she might be ready to take the place from which poverty now excluded her.

她从来不忘自己生来就是个淑女，一直培养着自己的贵族品位与感觉，以便机会来临时，就可以过上被现时的贫困所隔绝的生活。

She wanted a few pounds of flour, and offered the money, which the decayed gentlewoman silently rejected, and gave the poor soul better measure than if she had taken it.

她想要几磅面粉，并提出要钱，但被腐朽的贵妇人默默地拒绝了，并给了这个可怜的灵魂比她接受它更好的衡量标准。

You laugh at me when I say I want to be a lady, but I mean a true gentlewoman in mind and manners, and I try to do it as far as I know how.

当我说我想成为一名女士时，你会嘲笑我，但我的意思是在思想和举止上做一个真正的绅士，我会尽我所能做到这一点。

The old gentlewoman took a dreary and proud satisfaction in leading Phoebe from room to room of the house, and recounting the traditions with which, as we may say, the walls were lugubriously frescoed.

这位老太太领着菲比从房子的一个房间走到另一个房间，并讲述了我们可以说的墙壁上悲惨的壁画的传统，这让老太太感到沉闷而自豪。