过错

Wipe somebody/something off the face of the earth , wipe something off the map

使…从地球上消失；彻底消除把以往过错一笔勾销；一消前愆；捐弃前嫌

Any attempt to describe the poems here will miss the mark.

任何一种想要对这它们进行精确描述的企图，都将会是一个过错。

It wasn't really his fault, so you needn't lay it on so thick.

这并不真正是他的过错，所以你不必过分责备他。

I have flinched, I have caught myself in a fault. So much the worse!

现在我出了岔子，我逮住了自己的过错，活该！

There is no point apportioning blame,said Snape smoothly. What is done, is done.

&追究是谁的过错已经没有用了，&斯内普不动声色地说，&该做的已经做了。&

Not,I repeat ,from their own faults,but beacuse their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not,and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to what they have no claim.

我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。

And hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.

因此它们受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。

Taken by themselves , they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and on the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from t heir own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in takin g them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.

就其本身而言，它们似乎已经面目全非，它们已成为一种只可远观的美德，只有经过长久的观察方可探知真相。因此它们受到广泛的责难，被指责为虚假、伪善。我想强调的是，这绝不是因为它们自身有什么过错，而是因为教授及其崇拜者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，而且还殷勤地献上其本身并未要求的赞扬。

Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.

就其本身而言，它们似乎已远非其本来面目，远观之下，它们似乎是美德，然而，只有通过长期的近距离仔细观察方可探知其真伪。也正因为此，各种美德品质受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为它们的信仰者和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要好事地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。

Taken by thelves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and on the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but ause their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.

就其本身而言，它们似乎已远非其本来面目，它们似乎一远看的美德，经久久细察方可探知。因此它们受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。

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。