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

但是现在他必须和华盛顿的庞大但有点愚蠢的既有体制打交道。

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.

匹普是个穷苦的乡下孤儿，由泼辣的姐姐和诚实厚道的姐夫，铁匠乔抚养大。

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

一家的女婿有呆笨的名声。