On one side you had a combination of mean-spiritedness and fantasy; on the other you had a reaffirmation of American compassion and community, coupled with fairly realistic numbers.

你看到的一方面的不怀好意的活力与幻想相加，另一方面则是重申美国的仁慈和社区精神，加上十分现实的数字。

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As Sir Ian McKellen remarked to Total Film, however, if the director doesn't win the Oscar on the night of 29 February, it will smack not only of mean-spiritedness, but xenophobia (the Hollywood establishment closing ranks on this Kiwi outsider).

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