那个男人有冷嘲热讽的放肆劲。

The man had the effrontery to be sarcastic.

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尽管后来做出了如此重大的妥协和转变，但我认为撒旦在叛乱天使战败前对上帝冷嘲热讽的行为还是有其道理的。

Despite such major compromises and transformations later, I think that Satan's cynicism to God before the defeat of the rebel angels makes sense.

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“里克神父和我很像，我们都是冷嘲热讽的乐观主义者”哈吉斯告诉我说。

“Father Rick is a lot like me—a cynical optimist, ” Haggis told me.

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But despite this enormous concession and this realization, Satan is still justified, I think, in his cynical demystification of God's behavior before the defeat of the rebel angels.

尽管后来做出了如此重大的妥协和转变，但我认为撒旦在叛乱天使战败前对上帝行为,冷嘲热讽的行为还是有其道理的。

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