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Do you think it can be prevented by a young woman of inferior birth whose own sister's elopement resulted in a scandalously patched-up marriage only achieved at the expense of your uncle?
但忽然冒出来了个出身卑贱,门户低微的小妮子从中作梗?何况你的妹妹与人私奔的结果是一门令人感到可耻的,破碎的婚事,还要用舅舅的钱来支付婚事费用。
《Pride & Prejudice》《傲慢与偏见》
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He asked only that Ingrid stop behaving so scandalously.
他只要求英格里德停止表现得如此不道德。
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I'm not saying you aren't going to slip up, and tell your son that under no circumstances can he appear in the dining car in an item of clothing scandalously known as a wife-beater.
我并不是说你可以放任自流,可以告诉孩子在任何情况下都不要穿着不得体地出现在餐车里。