When the introductions are over , the bride tells pinkerton that she comes from a once rich family that later met with ill-fortune , whereupon she was forced to earn a living as a geisha .
见面介绍已毕,新娘告诉平克顿她娘家原颇富有,后来遭到不幸变故,于是她被迫当艺妓为生。
The idea behind pleasure theory -- a theory developed by paul abramson and steven pinkerton -- is that pleasure itself is evolutionarily selected .
At that time , the reputation of william a. pinkerton , of detective fame , and of his agency was great .
在当时,威廉?阿?平克顿作为侦探和他的事务所,是声誉卓著的。
Act ii : three years have passed since pinkerton 's departure , in a room of her house which looks into the garden and over the harbor , butterfly stands rapt in thought as suzuki prays to her japanese gods that they may stop the tears of her mistress .
With a curse for pinkerton , he bluntly asks the girl what she would do if pinkerton were never to return . Haltingly she stammers that she could be a geisha again , or better , she could die .
" Miss jemimai , " exclaimed miss pinkerton , in the largest capitals , " are you in your senses ? Replace the dictionary , in the closet , and never venture to take such a liberty in future . "