9 X# [# l" d' I) VOrwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society.! i3 A6 _' H( c, Q8 P* t
# A4 Y, g9 g7 l% N# [0 IThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P 8 D( n r* I1 v: t
0 W5 ^, x% Q/ d6 e, q( jI really don't have the foggiest idea on this one. Maybe it takes reading the whole article to come to fully understand it. Or you'll have to ask the author him/herself. # v& f2 k; V1 q# y3 }0 w
- U: ?/ L: r* q) `& W4 H1 mSorry to let you down. X& b/ ~' n6 _6 R ( }7 B( E; d _8 }3 b& i9 W, bPan. X2 W4 K+ W- X8 L3 l3 t- v4 k) D Z/ c
pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43& |+ E. V, K: h, O6 G4 c. T0 d& O
Hi Mxh, ) N' k# S6 ]: m- {5 n; X$ m! A; j% @1 B0 c* D
Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
9 _6 m6 W; b2 [# MOrwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society. + O8 L0 q$ G3 B5 D/ s; d7 `------------------------------------------- " [2 J( r6 j4 jI'd like to draw your attention to the phrase pedantic irony, which may shed light on the meaning of lower-upper-middle-class , and help in finding an equivalent for it in Chinese." h# f8 g9 M8 H! D
In other words, all the contextual clues needed for understanding what is meant by lower-upper-middle-class is already here and there is no need for more. E8 p. p5 g! C+ S! H* e$ U