边扫帚

Polished stone blocks and brooms and leather wings were strewn across the flagstones, vying for space with animal cages—some empty, some not—metal armatures of unknown creatures covered with ragged pelts or mismatched feathers, sheets of seemingly clear crystal stacked haphazardly against the tapestried walls...

擦亮的石块、扫帚、皮制的翅膀散布在石板上，和那些动物笼子争夺地盘。动物笼子有的是空的，有的不是。里面装着不知名的生物的金属爪子，那些生物不是有着粗糙的毛皮，就是有着搭配不当的羽毛。看上去看是无色晶体的薄片，随意地堆放在挂着绣帷的墙边。

Harry was polishing his Firebolt, the broomstick servicing kit Hermione had given him for his thirteenth birthday open at his feet.

哈利在擦拭他的火弩箭，那件赫敏在他十三岁生日时送给他的礼物，飞天扫帚维修工具箱，现在打开了放在他脚边。

Several broomsticks are provided along the wall to be used to fly up and try to catch the right one.

墙边放着若干把飞天扫帚用来飞行并抓到那把能开门的钥匙。

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。