We don't know whether the engravers intended to inspire aesthetic pleasure, or convey group identity, or something else.

我们不知道雕刻工是想激发审美愉悦，还是传达群体认同，或是其他什么。

However, these positive effects are easily negated by external factors that reinforce existing group identities.

然而，这些积极影响很容易被强化现有群体身份的外部因素所抵消。

The mental processes behind minimal group distinctions appear to be the same as many of those that underlie real group identities.

最小群体差异背后的心理过程似乎与构成真实群体身份的许多心理过程相同。

Take the word we, for example, two little letters, but a whole variety of usages, like the royal we, or people saying, " We're pregnant! " We can be used to claim group identity.

以 we 这个词为例， 它是两个小字母，但用法多种多样， 例如皇家 we，或者人们说“我们怀孕了！ ” 我们可以用来声明群体身份。