1. He cannot prevent the reader from preferring Ethan Brand to the cloddish villagers of the tale. 读者还是喜欢伊桑?布兰德而讨厌故事里那些土头土脑的乡民。这他是阻止不了的。
2. The son of Ethan was Azariah. 以探的儿子是亚撒利雅。
3. Ethan moved restlessly toward the front of the store with Marullo behind him bending his elbows back and forth. 伊坦心绪不宁地向前面店堂里走去，马鲁洛前后晃动着胳膊肘跟在他后面。
4. It seemed to Ethan that his heart was bound with cords which an unseen hand was tightening with every tick of the clock. 伊坦觉得他的心让许多绳子捆住，有一只看不见的手跟着钟声的滴答一下一下地把它收紧。
5. Renowned for the cruelty and bleakness of its ending, Ethan Frome does not allow love its harmonising and redemptive influence. 《伊坦·弗洛美》以其结局的残酷和无望而著称，不允许爱情的调和和救赎的力量发挥作用。
