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8 l; n" l7 W5 [4 f0 I) F9 b/ B6 Wpan 发表于 2020-10-5 09:43
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5 H' |6 A1 ]$ mThank you. I'll take your comment as a compliment. :P
& o# A, b( {) Z. V% M. G9 DOrwell 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 E. [! |0 j( G" h1 d$ ?( Q
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. z$ ] `( Y7 e2 LI'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.
( u/ D0 d' s# P( uIn 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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