His surliness is caused by his lack of breeding.

他的粗鲁是由于缺乏教养而造成的。

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But he concedes that surliness endures, even among waiters and waitresses who grew up in the privatised, post-Soviet years.

但他承认，粗鲁的现象仍然存在，即便是在那些成长在苏联解体后的私营化年代的侍者之间也是如此。

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But he concedes that surliness endures, even among waiters and waitresses who grew up in the privatized, post-Soviet years.

然而他承认服务员们语举止依然粗鲁，总是爱板着脸，即使是在后苏联时代的私有化社会中成长起来的男服务员与女服务员之间也是如此。

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Since Argentines tend to mistrust the armed forces less for their defeat in 1982 than for their earlier misrule and later surliness the generals may still count themselves lucky.

ECONOMIST: Chile and Argentina

He can't hide his surliness and indeed doesn't try to.

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Tony Blair speaks French, and has earned great approbation by doing so in France confirming the view that French surliness towards the British evaporates if the latter make a little effort.

ECONOMIST: Parlez-vous Anglais?