把自己弄得精疲力竭

Sometimes, when the weather was very hot, and he had exhausted himself with the exertion of smoking his German pipe, and reading French novels, he would stroll into the Temple Gardens, and lying in some shady spot, pale and cool, with his shirt collar turned down and a blue silk handkerchief tied loosely about his neck, would tell grave benchers that he had knocked himself up with over work.

有时候，天气十分炎热，他大抽德国板烟、大读法国小说，弄得自己精疲力竭，便到圣殿花园里来散散步，在绿荫深处躺下，衬衫领子翻下来，一条蓝色丝手帕宽松地系在颈子上，脸色苍白，全身凉爽，他总是告诉严肃的法学协会的主管委员说，过度的工作把他累垮了。

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。