大家好, 有一道填空题我不是很理解,出自于OV1, Practice Set 3, Hard, #5
At their best, (i) ______ book reviews are written in defense of value and in the tacit hope that the author, having had his or her (ii) ______ pointed out, might secretly agree that the book could be improved.
Blank (i)
(A) abstruse (B) adverse (C) hortatory
Blank (ii)
(D) strengths
(E) transgressions (F) assumptions
我可以理解第二空可以通过might secretly agree that the book could be improved推断出选负面词adverse, 第一空格可以通过defense of value and in the tacit hope中的and表是前后是同义推断出是负面词. 但是我实在是无法理解句子到底是什么意思.
第一空什么样的book review是写出来为了defense of value(是defense(保卫)书的价值吗?, 如果是那么第一句话应该是正向的含义而非negative) 并且是in tacit hope(什么是tacit hope? 沉默的希望?) hope后还跟了一个定语从句说明作者承认自己写的书有需要改进的地方. 实在是很难理解这句话, 请大家指教!
有时觉得hard的题目真的很难理解, 即使词都知道是什么意思.
Adverse book reviews there have always been, and always should be, lest a tide of good intentions rise to drown us all in worthy sludge. At their best, they are written in defense of a value, and in the tacit hope that the author, having had his transgressions pointed out, might secretly agree that his book is indeed lousy.
你可以看到其实原文是“in defense of a value”,为了捍卫一种价值观。不知道为什么题目里少了a……
"in the tacit hope that...",tacit按照韦氏的解释是"expressed without words or speech",这里可以翻译成“隐隐地希望”