They could keep for themselves the prestigious title of "chaste" even though they were obviously performing an act that almost anyone in an earlier period would assume disqualified them from being called chaste.
他们可以为自己享有这有声望的“贞节“称号“,尽管很显然他们所表现的行为,几乎早期的任何人都会认为,那是没有资格被称为贞节的。
or in some cases because they're very famous writer or theorist or politician.
在某种情形,这些称号也能授给一些出名的作家、理论家或者政治家。
We're only asked to think of her as the Lady, by her title.
我们只要求通过她的称号,把她当作一个小姐。
The Holy Roman Empire, as it was known in the time of Machiavelli, was the successor to the ancient Roman state, the older Roman Empire.
神圣罗马帝国,是马奇亚维利那年代的称号,那是古罗马国的继承者,即较古老的罗马帝国。
The ubiquity, not the nutrition, was what got them called superfoods.
由于它们的普及性,而非包含的营养,它们得到了超级食物的称号
that's given to someone who did something exceedingly good for the country.
这是为国家做出伟大贡献的人而授予的一个称号。
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