Charles Dickens could have been a noble, "Sir Charles" -he could have taken a title if he had wanted it.

查尔斯·狄更斯可能已经成了一个贵族，“查尔斯爵士”，如果他乐意，大可以随心所欲地弄到尊称。

youdao

Let us add that a noble character cannot join a clergy, unless they give up their title.

补充一下，贵族是不能成为一名神职人员的，除非他们愿意放弃自己的头衔。

youdao

The second possible thought that comes to mind for me, in thinking about the negative interaction effects, I call under the title-- I think about under the title-- " "How the Noble Have Fallen."

在考虑负面相互影响时，我想到的第二种可能性，我把它叫做-,我想它叫做-,“贵族如何没落“

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