委员会被一群妄自尊大的书呆子控制着。

The committee was dominated by self-important eggheads.

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他们认为他真是一个妄自尊大的人。但是我知道我父亲是很坦率的。

They think he is a real stuffed shirt. But I know that my father wears his heart on his sleeve.

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他们每个人也许都会认为这个归类有些可笑，不过他们皆因可一挫那些妄自尊大的政客和商人们的傲气而被尊为社会贤达。

Each might regard the idea as risible, but their ability to deflate the reputations of self-important politicians and men of business makes classy moralists of them.

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