后街小巷

In the backstreets are hints of what Kunming might once have been and for many still is.

昆明的后街小巷暗示出这座城池的以往，甚至现在的模样。

Nemesis came first in the backstreets of Sadr City and the valleys of Helmand, which revealed not only the limits of American military might but also, more importantly, the naivety of neoconservative visions of a democratic wave in the greater Middle East.

复仇女神第一次出现在萨德尔城的后街小巷和赫尔曼德省的山谷里，她不仅显示了美国军事力量的局限性，而且更重要的是，揭露了新保守主义者对于大中东地区民主浪潮的愿景是多么幼稚。

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。