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本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-10-5 10:55 编辑 # D( B: v; ]# ?0 N( |( S" Q4 ^, a; R
pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43
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Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
g& x. M& r, Z; h" D' `! YOrwell 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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4 W0 @; i; D3 D% H1 A) x* p8 a3 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.
: w. c/ `+ A3 w$ z' ?% v9 A" wIn 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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