Almack

基本解释

For it was as the curtain raiser for society debutantes that Almack's was famous.
集中营之所以著名，因为对初次社交来说它就像是的一个开场戏。
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.
埃尔玛集中营的成员允许带一个客人，但是只有当那个客人也通过了资助人们的详细审查之后。
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.
如果一个参与者被允许在舞会中露面，她的舞伴将由委员会的另外一位女士为她选出。
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).
她们能够任意地决定是否接受任何渴望进入集中营的人。
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.
那些想要选择伦敦最符合条件的单身汉作为未来丈夫的女士们，紧张地自我介绍给阿尔玛集中营委员会，在这里她们将被接纳或者被拒绝。