The Scarlet Letter

/ðə ˌskɑːlət ˈletə(r)/

/ðə ˌskɑːrlət ˈletər/

a novel (1850) by the US writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is about Puritans in 17th-century New England. Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery (= having sex with a person who is not her husband) and is made to wear a scarlet (= red) letter A on her dress. There have been three film versions, including one in 1995 with Demi Moore as Hester.《红字：美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne）的小说（1850）。这个故事是关于17世纪新英格兰的清教徒。Hester Prynne被判犯有通奸罪，并被要求在她的衣服上穿红字字母A。电影已经发行了三部，其中一部是在1995年由黛咪摩尔（Demi Moore）饰演海丝特（Hester）。

词汇	The Scarlet Letter
释义	The Scarlet Letter /ðə ˌskɑːlət ˈletə(r)/ /ðə ˌskɑːrlət ˈletər/ a novel (1850) by the US writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story is about Puritans in 17th-century New England. Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery (= having sex with a person who is not her husband) and is made to wear a scarlet (= red) letter A on her dress. There have been three film versions, including one in 1995 with Demi Moore as Hester.《红字：美国作家纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne）的小说（1850）。这个故事是关于17世纪新英格兰的清教徒。Hester Prynne被判犯有通奸罪，并被要求在她的衣服上穿红字字母A。电影已经发行了三部，其中一部是在1995年由黛咪摩尔（Demi Moore）饰演海丝特（Hester）。
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