’I, El-Kobbir, a slave-merchant, and purveyor of the harem of his highness, acknowledge having received for transmission to the sublime emperor, from the French lord, the Count of Monte Cristo, an emerald valued at eight hundred thousand francs

“我，艾尔考柏，一个奴隶商人，皇帝陛下的纳妃使者，承认代皇帝陛下从自由贵族基督山伯爵手里收到一颗价值二千袋钱中的绿宝石，作为一个十一岁的幼年基督徒奴隶的赎金。

In the past in old China,women were secluded from public view in the harem .

过去在旧中国，妇女不能抛头露面，深居于闺阁之中。

A castrated man employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts.

宦官，太监某些亚洲宫廷内，在内宫侍候女眷或被任为宫廷内侍的被阉割了的男人

A concubine or woman slave in a harem .

妻妾(伊斯兰教国家中)的后宫中的妾或女奴

The sultan’s wives and concubines live in the harem .

苏丹的妻妾住在后宫.

The sultan’s wives and concubines live in the harem

苏丹的妻妾住在後宫

He produced the ring, his mark of authority, with which Ali Pasha generally sealed his letters, and which the latter had given him, that he might, on his return at any hour of the day or night, gain access to the presence, even in the harem

他拿出那只戒指，这是阿里总督的权威的像征，他常常用这只戒指来作为他的信物，阿里总督给他这只戒指的用意，就是为了当他回来的时候，不论日夜，不论任何时间，可以凭此直接去见他，甚至到他的寝室去见他。

“Join the army, you might as well become a general,” as one ambitious recruit to the harem chirps.

“参军，就有可能成为一名将军；入宫，就有可能成为皇后”，一名野心勃勃的后宫新人说。

The leading man in “Yanxi Palace”, Qianlong, is something of a cipher: a stern autocrat who finds his harem a chore.

《延禧攻略》的主角乾隆，就是一位无足轻重的角色：一位严厉的独裁者为嫔妃们伤透了脑筋。

||1: The Zanzibaris learned that the best course was publicly to give in to the British, and then just continue trading slaves. ||2: When Kirk took the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash bin-Said, to London, taking advantage of the national mourning following the death of Livingstone in 1873, the public declared a victory for British civilisation. ||3: Barghash played along, telling the Church Missionary Society that “spreading the light of godly knowledge among the ignorant in Africa” was a “praiseworthy object and as such will meet with recompense from God.” ||4: Less advertised was that on the journey back home Barghash could not resist buying a selection of women slaves in Egypt for his harem .

||1:桑给巴尔人发现，最好的方法是表面服从英国，暗中继续奴隶贸易。||2: 1873年，举国哀悼Livingstone的逝世，借此机会，Kirk将桑给巴尔首领Barghash bin-Said带到了伦敦，于是人们宣告了英国文明的凯旋。 ||3:Barghash也附和着向英国教会传信会表示，“在愚昧无知的非洲传播神圣的知识之光目标可嘉，此举定会得到上帝的奖赏。”||4:而鲜为人知的是，在回国的路上，Barghash不由自主地在埃及为他的三妻四妾购买了一些精选女奴。

Yet that night-time scene in the harem reflects some bleak realities of court life.

但后宫晚上的场景反映了宫廷生活的黑暗现实。

An early scene shows the Qianlong emperor’s chief eunuch, a tubby, squeaky dimwit, bustling into a silk-draped waiting-room with an order for the harem .

在刚开始的场景中，乾隆皇帝的首领太监，一个身形臃肿、阴阳怪气、笨头笨脑的人，带着给后宫的圣旨匆匆走进帘幕低垂的等候室。

She took turns with the other nurses accompanying him on foreign trips, sometimes sparking rumors spread in the media about Gadhafi’s harem .

巴林斯卡娅与其他护士轮流陪同卡扎菲出国访问，有时甚至会引发媒体去散布关于卡扎菲后宫的种种谣传。

Less advertised was that on the journey back home Barghash could not resist buying a selection of women slaves in Egypt for his harem .

然而在回国途中，巴加什本性难改地在埃及为他的后宫女眷们精选了一些女奴，这点却很少见诸报端。

He defeated the war-like Rajputs, but gave them rank and married their princesses, who were permitted to conduct Hindu rites in the harem .

他打败了好战的拉其普特（Rajput）人，但他给了他们军职迎娶了他们的公主，他也允许他们在自己的后宫里举办印度教的仪式。

One day, they stumbled into a harem tent filled with over 100 beautiful women.

一天，他们无意走入女眷的帐篷，里面有100多个漂亮的女人。

A long, plump, pillowed sofa stretched the length of one wall, and upon it four women were disposed like odalisques in a harem .

一张松软带靠垫的长沙发沿墙放着，四个女人像穆斯林闺房中的妇女一样散坐在上面。

I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well-the delights of the heart of man.

又得唱歌的男女和世人所喜爱的物，并许多的妃嫔。

harem pants

ph.1. 扎脚管宽松女长裤

harem school

n.交尾群