传记中的主人公

Diligent and humorous, Linda Lear is a good match for her subject, and she never makes the mistake that academics so often make of substituting prurience and a convoluted political correctness for insight and a clear writing style.

这本传记的作者琳达·利尔同她的主人公一样勤勉而幽默，作品见解独到，风格简约，而不像某些学者那样，作品中充斥着情欲的纠缠，以及为不触犯的时政而谨慎得到佶屈聱牙的词句。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。