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本帖最后由 mxh3698 于 2020-10-5 10:55 编辑 1 `7 [7 L! H% }/ s+ ~, x% U
pan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:432 g2 \1 @% G; N$ e7 S
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0 i6 E$ |; |4 h$ x% y+ vThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P 3 b8 d& R) W6 \; E) G% i
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.
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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.2 l: y1 ]2 \# @# V, |8 v% t
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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