虽然吉尔此处意指修复历史遗迹存在的危险性，这一警示同样道出了写作《女人群像》一书所面临的内在挑战。

Though Gill is referring to the dangers of restoring buildings, his warning elucidates the challenges inherent in "the Women."

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可能因为作者是名历史学家而非小说家，所以在尝试理解或想像她的内在生活时有点呆板，但是这是吹毛求疵。

Attempts to understand or imagine her inner life tend to be a bit stilted, perhaps because the author is a historian, not a novelist. But this is a small cavil.

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然而，回顾历史，我们会发现，内在品质比外在特征更加重要。

But history has taught us that who we are is more important than who we appear to be.

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