Almack

基本解釋

For it was as the curtain raiser for society debutantes that Almack's was famous.
集中營之所以著名，因為對初次社交來說它就像是的一個開場戲。
Members of Almack's were permitted to bring a guest into the rooms, but only after that guest, too, had passed the scrutiny of the Patronesses.
埃爾瑪集中營的成員允許帶一個客人，但是只有當(dāng)那個客人也通過了資助人們的詳細(xì)審查之后。
If a debutante was permitted to make her "coming out" appearance at an Almack's ball, her dancing partners were chosen for her by one of the Ladies of the committee.
如果一個參與者被允許在舞會中露面，她的舞伴將由委員會的另外一位女士為她選出。
They could, and did, arbitrarily decide the social acceptability of anyone desiring admittance to Almack's (and by extension, into London society's highest circles).
她們能夠任意地決定是否接受任何渴望進(jìn)入集中營的人。
Young ladies who would choose among the finest eligible bachelors in London for prospective husbands were nervously presented to the committee of Almack's for acceptance or (horrors!) rejection.
那些想要選擇倫敦最符合條件的單身漢作為未來丈夫的女士們，緊張地自我介紹給阿爾瑪集中營委員會，在這里她們將被接納或者被拒絕。