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7 m1 W- M0 m1 q8 B+ Kpan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43& L+ q- S: T9 B; |+ o w- [3 J
Hi Mxh, * _; g& B- X$ s& i5 X+ O' @- o
2 i2 T, |, w/ A) f/ F JThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
, s1 e7 b" J7 n* b0 E+ a' aOrwell 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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, c9 W+ M- f4 ` q" G% j8 YI'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.
# h2 i' g% I% ~# PIn 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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