The president was depicted as a tower of strength.

相反，总统被他们描绘成了一座力量之塔。

Her father was a tower of strength to her when her marriage broke up.

【tower】在她婚姻破裂的时候，父亲是她的支柱。

Why, oh, why, had she not realized before this how much she loved and needed Melanie? But who would have thought of small plain Melanie as a tower of strength?

为什么，哪，为什么她以前没有明白她是多么喜爱和多么需要媚兰呢？可是谁会想到这个又瘦又小又平凡的媚兰竟是一座坚强的高塔啊？媚兰，她在陌生人面前羞怯得要哭。