mortify the flesh 中文意思是什麼
mortify the flesh
解釋
禁慾-
Madam, he pursued, i have a master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world : my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh ; to teach them to clothe themselves with shame - facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel ; and each of the young persons before us has a string of hair twisted in plaits which vanity itself might have woven ; these, i repeat, must be cut off ; think of the time wasted, of - mr. brocklehurst was here interrupted : three other visitors, ladies, now entered the room
我的使命是節制這些姑娘的肉慾,教導她們衣著要謙卑克制,不梳辮子,不穿貴重衣服。而我們面前的每個年輕人,出於虛榮都把一束束頭發編成了辮子。我再說一遍,這些頭發必須剪掉,想一想為此而浪費的時間,想」
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