spinsters

17 two prim spinsters are sitting together quietly.

两个一本正经的老姑娘安静地坐在一起。

Spinsters, untamed by marriage.

不受婚姻羁绊的老处女们。

And for a long time provided needy spinsters with parcels of land.

而且在相当长一段时期里，向贫困的老而未婚的女子提供土地。

In America law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters.

在美国，法律与风俗习惯一样，是把基础置于老处女的梦想之上的。

Alex: You mean in this neighborhood full of old spinsters!

亚历克斯：你意思是这个社区都是大龄剩女！

Their idea was to target bachelors and spinsters, offering the comfort of a new possession to ease their loneliness.

他们的目标就是单身一族和未婚女性，购买欲将让他们缓解孤独。

Some of Ms. Jong's fans and peers are calling the novel a long overdue corrective in a cultural landscape that deifies youth and often ignores older women, or relegates them to the role of spinsters or crones.

有些容的书迷和同龄人觉得，当前的文化将青春神圣化，无视年老女人，或者一味把她们贬低为老处女或者丑陋老太婆，容的小说是对这种现象的矫正，早就应该出现了。

Puritan town councils expected widows and unattached women to be self supporting and for a long time provided needy spinsters with parcels of land.

清教徒的镇议会认为寡妇和未婚女性也应该自食其力，而且在相当长一段时期里，向贫困的老而未婚的女子提供土地。

They wind up spinsters or, worse still, nuns.

她们独身终老，或是一辈子做修女。

Do you know what happens to spinsters in this village after their fathers died?

你知道村子里的姑娘们在父亲死后会发生什么吗？行行好吧？