1、Thackeray was Dickens' only real rival as a popular novelist.
作為通俗小說家，薩克雷是狄更斯唯一的真正對手。

2、Yet Mr Thackeray has hardly been censured.
然而，薩克雷卻幾乎從未受到譴責。

3、Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens
薩克萊跟狄更斯是同(時)期的人。

4、Thackeray is a contemporary of Dickens.
薩克萊跟狄更斯是同(時)期的人。