Perhaps, however, you devoutly believe in the devil, and imagine, to shift the question, that he may assist his votaries?

然而，也许你虔诚地相信魔鬼，并想象，为了转移问题，他可能会帮助他的信徒？

The latter saw him in his fishing-tackle room, an apartment littered with every appliance that a votary of the rod could require.

后者在他的渔具室里看到了他， 一间公寓里散落着钓竿爱好者可能需要的每一件器具。

The persons concerned in it were taking their pleasure quietly, and they were not of the sex which is supposed to furnish the regular votaries of the ceremony I have mentioned.

参与其中的人正在安静地享受他们的乐趣，他们不是我提到的仪式的正式信徒的性别。

But such a view, though it might satisfy Spencer and those whom we may call Hegelian evolutionists, could not be accepted as adequate by the more whole-hearted votaries of change.

但是这样的观点， 虽然它可能会让斯宾塞和那些我们可以称之为黑格尔进化论者的人感到满意， 但不能被更全心全意的变革拥护者认为是充分的。

The open sympathy of the listeners stirred the spirit of the votary of music, whose voice regained its richness and volume, without losing that touching softness which proved its secret charm.

听众的坦诚同情激起了音乐拥护者的精神，他们的声音恢复了丰富和音量，同时又不失动人的柔和，这证明了它的秘密魅力。

The husband's business was that of a gunmaker in a thriving city northwards, and his soul was in that business always; the lady was best characterized by that superannuated phrase of elegance 'a votary of the muse'.

丈夫的生意是在北方一个繁华的城市里做枪匠，他的灵魂一直都在做这个生意；这位女士的最大特点是优雅的“缪斯的追随者”这个过时的短语。