These words are used in a pickwickian sense .

这些词不用于字面意思。

Lawyers and politicians daily abuse each other in a pickwickian sense .

律师和政客每天用专门的术语互骂。

When every one agrees to use words in " a pickwickian sense , " and every one understands that every one else is doing so , the questions resulting are not those of veracity but of method .

如果人人同意“直截了当”，人人都明白别人也在这样做，那么，问题就不是准确性，而是方法了。