Cian's exit seems to have destabilized the dowager empress.

慈安的退出似乎动摇了慈禧太后。

Lady Grantham — the dowager, that is — has been concerned that your history here has left you lonely.

格兰瑟姆夫人，也就是老夫人，担心你因为过去的经历而被孤立。

In the decades, since the empress dowager's reputation has been on a wild ride from a figure of revulsion.

在过去的几十年里，慈禧太后的名声一直处于疯狂的状态，一个令人厌恶的人物。

Atlanta, like all Southern towns, had its share of dowagers whom no one cared to cross.

亚特兰大像所有南部其他城市一样，也有一些有钱的贵女人，她们是谁也碰不得的。

The slightly kinder reading is that the dowager empress was hamstrung by convention unable to pick anyone older.

稍微温和一点的解读是，皇太后被传统束缚，无法挑选年龄更大的人。

Yehenara Tsing, better known as dowager empress Cixi was as clever as she was ambitious.

叶赫那拉氏，更广为人知的名字是慈禧太后，她既聪明又雄心勃勃。

Yet for all the undoubted good, she did there was also a dark side to the dowager empress.

然而，尽管慈禧太后做了无可置疑的好事，但她也有黑暗的一面。

Little by litte, she became a dowager, but her health was going downhill.

渐渐地，她成了一名富孀，但她的健康每况愈下。

They were gone some time, and Cecil was left with the dowagers.

他们离开了一段时间， 塞西尔和遗孀们在一起。

" I bet that makes the dowagers shed their false teeth, " I said.

“我敢打赌， 这会让太后们掉掉他们的假牙， ” 我说。