They cared so little for plain Fact, these people, and were in that advanced state of degeneracy on the subject, that instead of being impressed by the speaker's strong common sense, they took it in extraordinary dudgeon.
这些人对简单的事实如此不关心,并且在这个问题上处于堕落的高级状态,以至于他们没有被演讲者强烈的常识所打动,而是非常严厉地对待它。