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pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:437 C3 {: g9 o' Z% n( i7 h0 S% L
Hi Mxh,
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Thank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
2 D" F" R( j# G5 ~$ JOrwell 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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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.6 f/ x9 D& U1 \1 {) r
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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