Scarlet Letter

基本解釋

It was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarlet letter endowed with life!
孩子是另一種形式的紅字，是被賦予了生命的紅字！
But, in truth, Pearl was the one, as well as the other; and only in consequence of that identity had Hester contrived so perfectly to represent the scarlet letter in her appearance.
然而，事實(shí)上，恰恰是珠兒集二者于一身；而且，也正因?yàn)橛辛诉@個(gè)同一性，海絲特才能如此完美地用孩子的外表率象征她的紅字。
The whole gang of sailors, likewise, observing the press of spectators, and learning the purport of the scarlet letter, came and thrust their sunburnt and desperado-looking faces into the ring.
那幫水手們也注意到了人群擁到了一處，并且弄明白了紅字的涵義，便也湊近來，把讓太陽曬得黑黑的亡命徒的面孔伸進(jìn)了圈子。

It was once seen as a Scarlet Letter to have your movie go straight to DVD.
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So, if a bank applies for the program and gets rejected, that's like a financial scarlet letter.
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It seems like any and all stocks related to nuclear energy have been marked with the scarlet letter.
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(esp among US Puritans) a scarlet letter A formerly worn by a person convicted of adultery A