一个很有钱的独身女子，总是很令人敬重的。

奥斯汀《爱玛》：

a single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable.

一个很有钱的独身女子，总是很令人敬重的。

原文：

and it is poverty only which makes celibacy contemptible to a generous public! A single woman, with a very narrow income, must be a ridiculous, disagreeable old maid! the proper sport of boys and girls, but a single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.

只有穷困才使一般人轻视独身生活！一个没有多少收入的独身女子，必定是一个可笑的讨厌的老处女，小孩子们的嘲笑对象；但是，一个很有钱的独身女子，总是很令人敬重的，也可能同任何别人一样通情达理、令人愉快。