紧密联系的三人

It will always be a paradox how a man who could so effortlessly connect with the public mood – sentimental after the death of Princess Diana in 1997, defiant after the London bombings in 2005 – could by the end become so associated in the public mind with shiftiness, spin and sleaze, against which, his professions of sincerity offer no defence.

在公众心目中，一个曾经极易与公众情感联系起来的人（1997年戴安娜王妃去世时的感伤、2005年伦敦爆炸事件后的坚强），最后怎么会与善变、炒作和肮脏勾当联系得如此紧密呢？这将永远是一个悖论。对于上述三种形象，他的诚挚表白无法提供有力的辩护。

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。