" The Scarlet Letter" is so hard.

——《》太难了。

The scarlet letter had not done its office.

还没有发挥作用。

If I could brand them with a scarlet letter on their forehead, I would, because I don't want any woman hurt like that again.

“我要是能在他们额头上烙一个，我就烙，因为我不想让其他女性也受到那样。”

Our restaurant eviction is hardly a scarlet letter.

我们被餐馆驱逐还算不上什么大事。

For many years, I felt that no matter what I accomplished professionally, it paled in comparison to the scarlet letter D stitched on my chest.

之后很多年里，我感到胸口上赫然贴着" 离异" 标签，相形之下，事业上取得任何成就显得黯然失色。

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread.

是她进入其他女人不敢涉足领域通行证。

Even if I have to wear a scarlet letter for something I didn't do?

即使我要去背一个没来由黑锅吗？

Lo, the scarlet letter which Hester wears!

瞧，海丝特戴！

But in good earnest now, mother dear, what does this scarlet letter mean?

但是，亲爱妈妈，现在是认真，这个是什么意思？

It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!

这是另一种形式；赋予生命！

He bids you look again at Hester's scarlet letter!

他要你再看看海丝特！

In a new place, where she can start again, Ethel has far more chance of happiness than in re-enacting her own version of The Scarlet Letter in Downton.

如果让艾瑟尔去一个新地方重新开始，她更可能找到幸福，总比在唐顿上演她自己《》要强。

Had seven long years, under the torture of the scarlet letter, inflicted so much of misery, and wrought out no repentance?

难道漫长七年， 在折磨下，受了那么多苦难， 还不悔改吗？

Meanwhile, Hester Prynne was standing beside the scaffold of the pillory, with the scarlet letter still burning on her breast!

与此同时，海丝特·白兰站在手铐脚手架旁，胸前还燃烧着！

The story of the scarlet letter grew into legend.

故事逐渐成为传奇。

For, Hester, his spirit lacked the strength that could have borne up, as thine has, beneath a burden like thy scarlet letter.

因为，海丝特，他精神缺乏能够承受力量，就像你一样， 在你这样重负之下。

So said Hester Prynne, and glanced her sad eyes downward at the scarlet letter.

海丝特·白兰如此说道，她悲眼睛向下看了一眼。

He made a step nigher, and discovered the scarlet letter.

他走近一步，发现了。

Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom!

海丝特，你有幸把公然戴在胸前！

As he spoke, he laid his long fore-finger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.

说着， 他修长食指放在了上，顿时就好像被海丝特胸膛烧焦了一般，仿佛被烧了一样。