This was an innovation for one who had chosen to adopt the style of general practitioner in a country town, and would be felt as offensive criticism by his professional brethren.

对于选择在乡村小镇采用全科医生风格的人来说，这是一项创新，并且会被他的专业兄弟们视为冒犯性批评。

He reflected, with much probability on his side, that Lydgate would by-and-by be caught tripping too, and that his ungentlemanly attempts to discredit the sale of drugs by his professional brethren, would by-and-by recoil on himself.

他认为，利德盖特迟早也会被绊倒，而他试图诋毁他的职业兄弟贩卖毒品的不绅士风度的企图，他自己也很快会退缩，这很可能是站在他这一边的。