The sticking point is, we should believe that engineer could be a member of rankandfashion, instead of down with the rankand file!
其附带的观点是,我们应该相信工程师能成为上流社会中的一员,而不是降为平民百姓。
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It was greatly surprising to Tom that ladies of standing in society, often of rankandfashion, should condescend to utter sentiments couched in the language of the fish market.