I was proud of it before my friends, and before all men of my age who abandoned themselves to all sorts of special refinements.

在我的朋友们面前，在我这个年龄段的所有沉迷于各种特殊优雅的人面前，我都为此感到自豪。

For this reason they have so often abandoned themselves to be swept away on the flood-tide of my passion, recking naught as to whether it takes them to life or to death.

出于这个原因，他们经常放弃自己，被我激情的洪流冲走，不考虑他们是生是死。

'You may depend upon my discretion, ' replied Theodore: 'You shall hear how dangerous it is for young Women to abandon themselves to their passions, illustrated by the adventure of a Damsel who fell suddenly in love with an unknown Knight'.

“你可以相信我的判断力，”西奥多回答说：“你会听到年轻女性放纵自己的激情是多么危险，一个少女突然爱上一个不知名的骑士的冒险经历就说明了这一点。”