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(quán)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(guān)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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