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pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43 P. }. w* ~4 |
Hi Mxh,
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; g1 U/ L" [( i: H9 uThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
1 ]+ |- u3 {4 l ?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.0 G8 R3 o" a! X
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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.9 y4 D4 q3 l9 y, G8 ~
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.) B6 R! W$ }9 i! u- Y/ i
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