But Tolstoy’s point is that Karenin is not really an exceptional character.
但托尔斯泰的观点是, 卡列宁并不是一个真正杰出的人物。
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Exceptional character
In mathematical finite group theory, an exceptional character of a group is a character related in a certain way to a character of a subgroup. They were introduced by Suzuki (1955, p. 663), based on ideas due to Brauer in (Brauer & Nesbitt 1941).