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1. | He lived in genteel poverty. |
| 他虽穷却爱摆排 |
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2. | Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty. |
| 尽管她贫穷,但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。 |
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3. | She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty. |
| 她晚年的大部分时间是在家境贫寒却又虚摆排场的情况下度过的。 |
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4. | live in genteel poverty |
| 家境困难却摆排场 |
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5. | living in genteel poverty |
| 过穷酸的上流社会生活. |
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6. | The daughter has acquired a gay air of being very much at home in society; the bravado of genteel poverty |
| 女儿则作出特别活泼的样子,像很善于应酬似的,这是破落户所特有的一种虚架子。 |
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