The narrators have a mordant contempt for everyone and everything, including themselves.
叙述者们都尖酸刻薄地蔑视一切人和事, 包括他们自己.
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We must under no circumstances even let the rough edge of our tongues show.
在任何情况下我们都不应该说尖酸刻薄的话.
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No doubt many will regard these as harsh words, but regrettably they are true.
固然会有很多人认为这些话过于刻薄,但是遗憾的是这些都是真话。
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She was spiteful and unkind, both to Isabel and to her son.
她又恶毒又刻薄,对伊莎贝尔这样,对她的儿子也这样。
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