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〔Akins〕American playwright. She won a 1935 Pulitzer Prize forThe Old Maid. 阿肯丝，佐尔：(1886-1958) 美国戏剧家。因作品《老处女》 获1935年度普利策奖 〔polite〕“‘Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry’ is an aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow" (Nancy Mitford).“‘永远要对女孩子彬彬有礼，你无法知道她们将嫁谁’这句格言使得许多英国老处女免受印第安寡妇般的对待” （南希·米特福德）。〔spinster〕A woman who has remained single beyond the conventional age for marrying.老处女：超过了传统结婚年龄的未婚女子 |