荆棘

"Is there a briar patch?" I asked.

"那是一条布满荆棘的路吗？"

How did you know about Briar Hills?

你怎会知道荆棘丘陵？

Yes,The briar patch is our fear and our greed.

是的，所谓的荆棘就是我们的恐惧和贪婪。

If you want to learn, I'll take you boys into the briar patch. That place where almost everyone else avoids.

如果你想学，我将把你们带上这条布满荆棘的道路，大多数人都会选择避开这条路。

The best one among them is like a briar; The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.

7：4 他们当中最好的，不过是蒺藜；最正直的，还不如荆棘篱笆。

He was from Briar Hills.

他是来自荆棘丘陵

The briar patch is our fear and our greed .

所谓的荆棘就是我们的恐惧和贪婪。

The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge.

他们最好的，不过是蒺藜；最正直的，不过是荆棘篱笆。

He that is best among them, is as a brier: and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge.

他们中最好的人也不过相似荆棘，最正直的人也不过相似有刺的篱笆。

4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.

7：4 他们最好的、不过是蒺藜。最正直的、不过是荆棘篱笆。

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。