social status; the price of a slave

1. 瑪麗接受這份新的工作，以提高自己的身價(jià)。
   Mary took the new job to better herself.
2. 不要自貶身價(jià)，以免被人看輕。
   Don't make yourself a mouse, or the cat will eat you.
3. 使湯姆十分驚訝的是，社會(huì)地位很高的、有時(shí)還是貴族社會(huì)和上流社會(huì)的貴婦們，怎么會(huì)自貶身價(jià)，用下流粗話來(lái)發(fā)泄感情。
   It was greatly surprising to Tom that ladies of standing in society, often of rank and fashion, should condescend to utter sentiments couched in the language of the fish market.

價(jià)的英語(yǔ)翻譯：