It was she who took upon herself to love him the first.

是她第一个爱上了他。

When a woman in such a situation, neither old, deaf, crazed, nor whimsical, takes upon herself to sob and soliloquize aloud there is something grievous the matter.

当一个女人像她那样不老、不聋、不疯也不怪，却大声哭泣，自言自语，一定是在她身上发生了不幸的事。

Matters might improve in the future; but to take upon herself the whole liability of Swithin's life, as she would do by depriving him of the help his uncle had offered, was a fearful responsibility.

未来情况可能会有所改善； 但是要自己承担斯威辛一生的全部责任， 就像她剥夺他叔叔提供的帮助一样， 这是一项可怕的责任。

Hester felt that the sacrifice of the clergyman's good name, and death itself, as she had already told Roger Chillingworth, would have been infinitely preferable to the alternative which she had taken upon herself to choose.

海丝特觉得牺牲牧师的好名声和死亡本身，正如她已经告诉罗杰齐灵渥斯的那样，比她自己选择的选择要好得多。

They extended their walk, and, while they proceeded, Mrs. Penniman took upon herself other things besides, and ended by having assumed a considerable burden; Morris being ready enough, as may be imagined, to put everything off upon her.

他们继续散步，而在他们继续前进的过程中，彭尼曼夫人还承担了其他事情，并最终承担了相当大的负担。可以想象，莫里斯已经准备好把一切都推给她了。

Hester Prynne—whose vocation, as a self-enlisted Sister of Charity, had brought her acquainted with the captain and crew—could take upon herself to secure the passage of two individuals and a child, with all the secrecy which circumstances rendered more than desirable.

海丝特·普林（Hester Prynne）——作为一名自封的慈善修女，她的职业使她结识了船长和船员——可以承担起确保两个人和一名儿童的通过的责任，而环境使她非常希望保密。