To exploit this demand , pawnbrokers are shedding their dingy , dickensian image 为了开拓市场，典当商人正在试图摆脱他们过去阴暗的狄更斯时代的形象。
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The dickensian tale of children who had been , in some sense , worked to death , was a chilling and all - too believable allegory for the worst kinds of excess in the chinese countryside 孩子某种程度上是因工作而死的，他们狄更斯式的故事是对中国农村的极其无法无天的写照，让人寒心且难以置信。
