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本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-10-5 10:55 编辑 8 ]8 G# z, g4 p' r) W
pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43' F9 S3 C9 N' H# I0 J0 e
Hi Mxh, - B4 p* ?, X9 e& _# Z
* A7 m) H- v, y! UThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
* s! F/ {. h3 I5 lOrwell would later write in a tone of pedantic irony that his family was among the “lower-upper-middle-class” ranks that dotted Edwardian society.4 g% j S. ?/ t
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6 z. N! W2 f% {+ f8 h7 \I'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.$ N0 a7 N; r; U9 k4 Q, ?
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.
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