Childhood, however, is not easily defrauded of its birthright, and mine soon reasserted itself. At home I was among children of my own age, for some cousins and other acquaintances had come to live and work with us. We had our evening frolics and entertain- ments together, and we always made the most of our brief holiday hours. We had also with us now the sister Emilie of my fairy-tale memories, who had grown into a strong, earnest-hearted woman. We all looked up to her as our model, and the ideal of our heroine- worship; for our deference to her in every way did amount to that.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
I think she was determined that we should not be mentally defrauded by the circumstances which had made it necessary for us to begin so early to win our daily bread. This remark applies especially to me, as my older sisters (only two or three of them had come to Lowell) soon drifted away from us into their own new homes or occupations, and she and I were left together amid the whir of spindles and wheels.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
"Oh, when Helene speaks to me, I wish that her voice were different, when she looks into my face I wish that she had other eyes. She constantly keeps me in mind of all that should have been and is not. I cannot bear to have her near me. I smile at her, I try to make up to her for the real affection of which she is defrauded. I am wretched, monsieur, too wretched to live. And I am supposed to be a pattern wife. And I have committed no sins. And I am respected!英文原著 · 《A Woman of Thirty》
I owe my daughter an honored mother. I am condemned to live in an iron circle, from which there is but one shameful way of escape. The round of family duties, a thankless and irksome task, is in store for me. I shall curse life; but my child shall have at least a fair semblance of a mother. I will give her treasures of virtue for the treasures of love of which I defraud her.英文原著 · 《A Woman of Thirty》
Whence all that do thus are doubly defrauded: they waste their body, and receive no reward. But they who yearn for glory above, and strive thereafter, despise all earthly and human glory.英文原著 · 《Barlaam and Ioasaph》
"Daughter of a foolish mother," answered the widow of MacTavish Mhor, "know that the gibbet with which you threaten us is no portion of our inheritance. For thirty years the Black Tree of the Law, whose apples are dead men's bodies, hungered after the beloved husband of my heart; but he died like a brave man, with the sword in his hand, and defrauded it of its hopes and its fruit."英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
to defraud most of new york isn't as clever as a stoned 12- year- old with a butter knife?美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Yes, my father defrauded a lot of people, and he's paying a price for that, but I'm not gonna sit by silently while she exploits him美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
I want to kick into the C-suites-- those Teflon corporations that defraud the American people on a grand scale.美剧 · 《Billions》
These companies conspired to defraud numerous innocent people, not to mention the Internal Revenue Service.美剧 · 《Modern Family》