Perhaps, however, you devoutly believe in the devil, and imagine, to shift the question, that he may assist his votaries?

然而，也许你虔诚地相信魔鬼，并想象，为了转移问题，他可能会帮助他信徒？

The latter saw him in his fishing-tackle room, an apartment littered with every appliance that a votary of the rod could require.

后者在他渔具室看到了他， 一间公落着钓竿爱好者可能需要每一件器具。

The persons concerned in it were taking their pleasure quietly, and they were not of the sex which is supposed to furnish the regular votaries of the ceremony I have mentioned.

参与其中人正在安地享受他们乐趣，他们不是我提到仪式正式信徒性别。

But such a view, though it might satisfy Spencer and those whom we may call Hegelian evolutionists, could not be accepted as adequate by the more whole-hearted votaries of change.

但是这样观点， 虽然它可能会让斯宾塞和那些我们可以称之为黑格尔进化论者人感到满意， 但不能被更全心全意变革拥护者认为是充分。

The open sympathy of the listeners stirred the spirit of the votary of music, whose voice regained its richness and volume, without losing that touching softness which proved its secret charm.

听众坦诚同情激起了音乐拥护者精神，他们声音恢复了丰富和音量，同时又不失动人柔和，这证明了它秘密魅力。

The husband's business was that of a gunmaker in a thriving city northwards, and his soul was in that business always; the lady was best characterized by that superannuated phrase of elegance 'a votary of the muse'.

丈夫生意是在北方一个繁华城市做枪匠，他灵魂一直都在做这个生意；这位女士最大特点是优雅“缪斯追随者”这个过时短语。