Robin told me firmly and pompously that he had an important business appointment.

罗宾一本正经地对我显摆说他有个重要的商务约会。

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Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.

罗宾傲慢地说他有一个重要的工作约会。

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He rather pompously called them problems of nomenclature, pedagogy and economics.

他傲慢地把它们称为术语问题，教学问题和经济问题。

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He often portrayed, with mocking affection, the collectors themselves, pompously examining new pictures in a studio.

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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, who proudly took responsibility for their horrid attack, said pompously that if she survives, they will attack again.

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Part of the fun is the way he condenses the work of others who have approached the subject pompously or sententiously.

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