19世纪美国批判现实主义作家马克·吐温的小说以幽默讽刺表现对社会的批判，有严肃而深刻的思想内核。

With their solemn and profound thinking nucleus, the humor and irony in novels by Mark Twain are the expressions of criticism of the 19th century American society.

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他的作品里有一种讽刺的幽默。

There is a wry sense of humour in his work.

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违反这些准则可能是一种隐晦或礼貌的说话方式，或是通过挖苦或讽刺来表达幽默的方式。

By violating the maxims, it can be a way to be subtle or polite, or to convey humor, through sarcasm or irony.

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