She does it as punishment for her own vanity, and because these garments speak of a time when she wore them happily with Ray—so now they have no meaning or merit.

她这么做是为了惩罚自己的虚荣，也因为这些衣服象征着她穿着它们和Ray共度的那段时光——现在它们都没有意义了。

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To avoid stuffing their work with dead coinages, the editors use a five-and-five rule: to merit entry, a word or meaning has to be backed by five written uses spread over five years.

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