The hospitals stank of gangrene, the odor assaulting her nostrils long before the doors were reached, a sickish sweet smell that clung to her hands and hair and haunted her in her dreams.

• 他们臭气熏天，医院里充满了坏疽的臭味，她还没有进门就感到一股恶臭气扑鼻而来，同时还有一种令人头晕的香气粘留在她的手上和头发上，连夜里做梦时也常常出现。