梅克夫人是一位有一群儿女的富孀。

Madame von Meck was a widow with a brood of children and a wealthy estate.

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但三位最令人瞩目的——也许部分是由于她们在这一群人中个子最高——是富孀英格拉姆夫人和她的女儿布兰奇和玛丽。

But the three most distinguished — partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the band — were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters, Blanche and Mary.

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但三位最令人瞩目的——也许部分是由于她们在这一群人中个子最高——是富孀英格拉姆夫人和她的女儿布兰奇和玛丽。

But the three most distinguished — partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the band — were the Dowager Lady Ingram and her daughters, Blanche and Mary.

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