n.(专与高级官员往来的)妓女;情妇
But when God allows a courtesan to fall in love, her love, which at first looks like a pardon for her sins, proves almost invariably to be a punishment on her. 再说天主允许一个妓女萌发爱情的时候,这个爱情,开始时好像是一个宽恕,后来几乎总是变成一种对她的惩罚。