The Fremen stood in a compact group, apparently indifferent.

弗雷曼人站成一个紧凑的群体，显然是冷漠的。

Firmly narrowing upward from this wealthy but inconspicuous substratum was the compact and dominant group which the Mingotts, Newlands, Chiverses and Mansons so actively represented.

从这个富有但不显眼的底层坚定向上缩小的是明戈特、纽兰兹、奇弗斯和曼森家族如此积极代表的紧凑而占主导地位的群体。