Her face was inartistic—that of a peevish virago.

她的脸毫无术气息——就像一个暴躁的处女座。

But for all who saw them through a less mythical medium, the Miss Irwines were quite superfluous existences—inartistic figures crowding the canvas of life without adequate effect.

但对于所有通过不那么神秘的媒介来看待她们的人来说，欧文小姐是相当多余的存——术的人物挤满了生活的画布，没有足够的效果。