Now he must deal with Washington's gigantic and frequently doltish permanent establishment.

但是现在他必须和华盛顿庞大但有点愚蠢既有体制打交。

9 see joke: Son-in-law has doltish reputation.

有呆笨名声。

This novel was writen in his later lifePip, a boy of the marshes, is being "raised by hand" by his shrieking harridan of an older sister and her seemingly doltish husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery.

本书介绍匹普是个穷苦乡下孤儿，由泼辣姐姐和诚实厚姐夫，铁匠乔抚养大。