邻居们背后叫她老处女,因为她总是对别人家的花园指手画脚。

The neighbors secretly called her an old-maid because she was always nitpicking about their gardens.

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The neighbors secretly called her an old-maid because she was always nitpicking about their gardens.

old-maid 是由 old(老的)和 maid(未婚女子)组成的复合词,字面意思是"老姑娘"。这个词带有贬义色彩,常用来指"过分挑剔、吹毛求疵的未婚女性"。 在英语中,这种复合词常用来形成特定的社会刻板印象,old-maid 就暗含了对未婚女性性格的负面评价。

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