But my mother, being more imaginative, retaliated with an assault upon my sensibilities that crushed me with the moral horror involved in taking a life.

可是我母亲更擅长运用生活的艺术，她会用人性的良知感情惩戒我,让我以后对摧残生灵心有余悸，“

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The superfluous action suggests that there was something more at stake, perhaps, than Saint Ebba's attempt to ward off sexual assault.

过多的行动表明，有比,圣人Ebba试图保护自己不受侵犯更有风险的东西。

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An assault on one is an assault on all.

对其中任一成员的羞辱就是对整个集体的羞辱。

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It was one thing for the Lady to imagine -- you know, crazy as it was, for the Lady to imagine -- a rescue squad of angels to zip to her aid at the first hint of a physical assault.

这是一件令小姐想象的事，你可以看出，让小姐去想象很疯狂,一个天使救援队会在她做出第一个被侵犯暗示的时候去救她。

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