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本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-10-5 10:55 编辑 9 G, C& {8 t% @9 U' I+ k
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`+ U2 F2 |$ H* `; mThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
7 L3 Z V9 q2 m- d5 }4 ]Orwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society.
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- f3 V% G, x2 Q! h4 E' q- wI'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.
1 T* h3 o7 J7 D HIn 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.9 s S# H5 ^4 u9 [* j6 t6 e Y& W' Z
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