掌上明珠

May is the apple of her father's eye.

梅是他父亲的掌上明珠。

Although they do not care less about her, but she is a beloved daughter to her perpents.

别看别人不把她当回事，在家里她可是父母亲的掌上明珠。

They regarded a good inkstone as a treasure of the room and a good writing brush as the pearl in hands, and regarded the good ink as the dark gold and the good paper as the brocade silk...

他们将一方名砚视为镇室之宝，一支佳笔奉作掌上明珠，精墨惜为乌金，好纸珍如锦锻玉帛……至今留下了许多关于他们与文房用品的佳话。

The majority of adults, however, viewed Luisa Santiaga as the precious jewel of a rich and powerful family whom a parvenu telegraph operator was courting not for love but self-interest.

大多数成年人则把Luisa Santiaga 看作富贵人家的掌上明珠，认为一个突然冒出来的电报员追求她不会是出于爱，肯定是为了一己私利。

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。