The servants knew that she was allowed to stay because Miss Minchin could not easily find another creature helpless and humble enough to work like a bounden slave for so few shillings a week.

仆人们能留下来是因为明钦小姐很难再找到另一个如此无助和谦卑的可怜人，愿意像一个奴隶一样周只拿那么几先令就工作。

Mrs. Lynde wouldn't go; she said horse racing was an abomination and, she being a church member, thought it her bounden duty to set a good example by staying away.

林德太太不去；说赛马是可憎的，作为一名教，认为远离赛马是义不容辞的责任。

Ned, being in college, of course put on all the airs which freshmen think it their bounden duty to assume.

内德在上大学，当然摆出一副新生认为是他们义不容辞的架势。