This leaves them economically vulnerable when divorce or widowhood strikes.

当遭遇离婚或寡居时,这将使她们在经济上非常脆弱.

Her early widowhood condemned her to lead a life of hardship.

她的早寡注定了她要过困苦的生活。

So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

她们如同寡妇被禁，直到死的日子。

When did this fleeing woman who had maintained a chaste widowhood find a husband?

这守活寡的逃妇几时有了个新老公?

Widowhood and the grief of others attracted him, because of his great gentleness;

由于他的性格非常温和，别人丧偶和其他不幸的事都是他所关心的。

One day when I was complaining to some friends about the virtual widowhood of his wife, he drew me to one side and whispered in my ear: 'Why do you complain?

一天，我向一些朋友抱怨说他的妻子守活寡，他把我拉到一边，在我耳边低声地说：‘你为什么抱怨？