她是个交际花。

She was a hetaera.

交际花们被事先安插在约翰·肯尼迪在曼哈顿Carlyle旅馆的套间里。

The romps were supposedly held at John Kennedy's suite at the upmarket Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan.

剧情开始时，身染肺痨的巴黎名交际花薇奥蕾塔，在派队上结识了已在暗中爱了她多日的青年阿芒。

The story begins with a party, where the Paris courtesan, Violetta Valery, already suffering from tuberculosis, meets a long-time admirer, Alfredo Germont for the first time.