心乱的

He gives due weight to Britain and Ireland in a European setting: the civil war and the spread of Puritanism, the Catholic intolerance of James II and the anti-Catholic Gordon riots as late as the 1780s all argue against the easy assumption that the English were unusually tolerant compared with, say, the French.

在整个欧洲的场景中，作者对大不列颠与爱尔兰都有着相当着重的描写：英国内战、清教徒主义的蔓延，詹姆斯二世时期的天主教偏狭以及到十八世纪八十年代的反天主教的戈登暴乱，所有这一切的描写都是在反对想当然地认为英国人都不同寻常地比法国人更具宽容心。

With a quaking heart, but as firm a footstep as he could command, Toad set forth cautiously on what seemed to be a most hare-brained and hazardous undertaking; but he was soon agreeably surprised to find how easy everything was made for him, and a little humbled at the thought that both his popularity, and the sex that seemed to inspire it, were really another's.

蟾蜍揣着一颗怦怦乱跳的心，迈着尽可能坚定的步子，小心翼翼地走出牢房，开始一场看来最轻率最风险的行动。不过，他很快就惊喜地发现，道道关卡都一帆风顺地通过了。可是一想到他的这份好人缘，以及造成这种好人缘的性别，实际上都是另外一个人的，又不免多少感到屈辱。

She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.

她不过是随嘴乱说一气，但是却洋溢着一种动人的激情，仿佛她的心就藏在那些气喘吁吁的、激动人心的话语里，想向你倾诉一番。

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。