Vernacular fiction was scorned as a disreputably popular form.

当时，作为一种文学创作形式，白话文小说一直受世人冷眼。

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Some MPs worked the expenses system too disreputably to keep their seats or, in some cases, their ministerial jobs or places on the Conservative front bench.

一些操纵开支系统的议员们因够声名狼藉，或者在一些事情上，因他们的部门指责和地位在保守派议会前座才保住他们的位置。

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