有一读者问： 有这样一个句子：
(1)I am so utterly rejected of men that my only means of livelihood is to sit as a model to this compassionate artist who pays me sixpence an hour for stretching myself on this cross all day.
rejected of men中的of何意？
这里的of=by，是一种较为古旧的用法。am...rejected of men的意思是“被男人所拒绝”（即不被男人所爱）。这种“被动结构+of”的现象还有如：
(2)He is beloved of all.
(3)He is despised and rejected of men.
(4)He is tempted of the devil.
可接这种of的过去分词还有loved, ordained, abandoned, forgotten等。
