But at Oxford and Cambridge a student who is ill informed or ill prepared had better 'fess up and accept the consequences. Otherwise, the more he argues and reveals his ignorance, the more caustic the sarcasm he is in for.
但在劍橋，若是學生自知理虧、或是準備不夠充分，那只有「聽訓」的份，否則愈辯愈暴露自己的無知、無主見，接下來英國紳士式「尖酸刻薄」的幽默，可就比直言怒斥更教人下不了台了。