He startled even his closest friends with Shavian sallies against the smugness of ownership.
他用肖伯納式的俏皮話抨擊起所有權造成的自滿情緒時甚至使他最親近的朋友也吃驚.
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I detect a hint of I - told - you - so smugness about some of the gloomy advance commentary on Copenhagen.
在一些有關哥本哈根會議的悲觀先期評論中,我嗅到了一絲“我早就說過了”的自命不凡感.
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