Proust’s argument is that defilement during sex isn’t what it seems.

普鲁斯特的论点是， 性行为中的并不像表面上看起来的那样。

It rises superior to its defilement and needs no Pears' soap to wash it clean.

它超越了它的， 不需要 Pears 的肥皂来清洗它。

Early readers of Proust’s novel were puzzled by and heavily critical of this scene of erotic defilement.

普鲁斯特小的早期读者对这种色情的场景感到惑和严厉批评。

For Proust, defilement therefore has meaning: it is a surprising way of trying to improve a relationship.

因此，对于普鲁斯特来， 是有意义的：它是一种试图改善关系的令人惊讶的方式。

It was simple and, since both Helmholtz and the Savage were dreadfully pained by the shattering and defilement of a favourite poetic crystal, extremely effective.

这动作虽简单，却非常有效，因为破坏或玷一首他们喜爱的水晶样的诗歌能给予赫姆霍尔兹和野蛮人严重的痛苦。

This taboo of defilement hung over the sick and deceased, as well as those who defiled the land or committed violent crimes.

这种的禁忌笼罩着病人和死者，以及那些玷土地或犯下暴力罪行的人。

The hemisphere lay waiting to be touched with life — life from the old centers of living, surely, but cleansed of defilement, and cured of weariness, so as to be fit for the virgin purity of a new bride.

半球正等待着生命的触动——来自旧生活中心的生命，当然，但已被净化，疲倦已被治愈，以适应新新娘的处女般的纯洁。