短语讲解：
1. After leaving the orphanage, Chanel worked as a cabaret singer.
work as任…职, 当…
例句：It must be a hard life, working as a nurse in a backward country.
在落后的国家当一名护士, 生活必定是艰苦的。
2. They were wearing dresses they couldn’t breathe in, let alone walk in, run in, work in.
let alone更不用说, 还不算
例句：We can't afford a bicycle, let alone a car.
我们连自行车也买不起, 更不用说汽车了。
3. Chanel stripped away corsets, also sort of unnecessary adornments- that huge feathery flower trimmed hats and the very, very bright, almost clashing colors.
strip away除去
例句：We stripped away the old patterned paper.
我们刮去了旧的花壁纸。
4. Drawing on interviews with surviving acquaintances, relatives and employees, as well as Karl Lagerfeld, current creative director of Chanel, Picardie believes she was able to capture the real person behind the Chanel legend.
draw on穿上, 戴上; 渐渐来临; 鼓励, 鼓动(某人)
例句：Her refusal only drew her lover on.
她的拒绝只能促使其恋人继续追求她。
5. “She became involved with a German during the occupation of Paris," Picardie says.
involve with 与(某人)有密切关系
例句：How long has Grace been involved with that red-haired boy?
格雷斯与那个红头发的小伙子来往多久了?
6. Certainly the brand was very well managed since she herself passed away.
pass away去世
例句：He passed away peacefully.
他安详地去世了。
7. The designer lives on as inspiration itself.
live on以…为食; 靠…为生; 继续活着; 继续存在
例句：That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.
那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
