Authors tend to use this device when they want to show off their keen sense of the complexity of human nature-their insight into the thoughts behind the words, the pain behind the sneers.

作家采用这一手法莫不是为了炫耀自己对人性复杂本质的敏锐感知——洞悉弦外之音以及讥嘲背后暗藏的苦痛。

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Poesy is a poem so you can tell right away that the author is keen on the power of words, symbolism and metaphor.

Poesy的意思是诗歌，所以你可以很容易发现作者对于文中单词，符号和隐喻的偏好。

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Before the announcement there was a public war of words between the two industries, each keen to do the other down.

在声明发布之前，这两个领域之间曾发生过一次公共论战，都想把对方压倒。

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All were keen to contribute their own Scottish words to the script - hence the inclusion of manky, gammy, numptie and hurdies.

BBC: Scotland arts correspondent