He had been cavalierly affronted by a man who, but a short years before, he would have considered a mere underling . 几年前，他原认为这个人不过是个无名小卒，现在居然傲慢地侮辱了他。
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Nineteenth - century english social scientist herbert spencer made this prescient observation : “ those who cavalierly reject the theory of evolution , as not adequately supported by facts , seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all 19世纪英国社会科学家史宾塞早有先见之明：那些目空一切地否定演化论、认为它没有足够事实支持的人，似乎忘了他们自己的理论才是毫无事实根据的。
