The Curse

基本解释

"The Curse of the Mogul" is not a gloomy book, for all its censure.
尽管书中有很多责难，但《巨头的诅咒》并不是一本悲观的著作。
It was her childlessness, not her fat, that oppressed her, and she prayed for the curse to be removed.
正是她的无子而不是身体胖才让姑姑倍感压抑。所以她就祈祷能早日能去除这个诅咒。

He added that the bloody massacre by Israel on ships that were taking humanitarian aid to Gaza deserves every kind of curse.
The victory was mine, I still believe, but when I made to take trophy, winded Helen shook her head, declaring, "I have the curse."
我依然相信，胜利属于我，但是我刚要，摘得战利品时，海伦气喘吁吁地摇了摇头，说道：,我被诅咒了“
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Yeats, in "Adam's Curse," regrets that the beautiful is something to be labored for and he wants to conceal that labor.
他在亚当的诅咒中后悔地称,这种美值得为之劳累,他想隐藏这种劳累。
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