He startled even his closest friends with Shavian sallies against the smugness of ownership.

他用肖伯纳式的俏皮话抨击起所有权造成的自满情绪时甚至使他最亲近的朋友也吃惊.

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I detect a hint of I - told - you - so smugness about some of the gloomy advance commentary on Copenhagen.

在一些有关哥本哈根会议的悲观先期评论中,我嗅到了一丝“我早就说过了”的自命不凡感.

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