充其量

He proceeded: And now when the young hear all this said about virtue and vice, and the way in which gods and men regard them, how are their minds likely to be affected, my dear Socrates,-- those of them, I mean, who are quickwitted, and, like bees on the wing, light on every flower, and from all that they hear are prone to draw conclusions as to what manner of persons they should be and in what way they should walk if they would make the best of life?

他继续说道：亲爱的苏格拉底，你想想看，每当年轻人听了这些关乎美德和罪恶的高谈阔论，诸神和人类认同的观念就会指引他们的道路，他们的心灵会因此蒙受怎样的影响呢，——我想，某些年轻人，或许他们还够聪明伶俐，那，也亦如蜜蜂舞翅，停落群蕊，就其全部见闻而言，充其量也不过倾向于重蹈依据寻常所见之行为方式得出结论的覆辙罢了，如果想要让生活更美好，那不全都在于走什么样的道路吗？

There is nothing artificial in his language: it is common English at its best

没有任何人为他的语言：英文充其量是常见

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。