标题: 求助 Manhattan SE 一道 [打印本页] 作者: george0805 时间: 2014-9-18 11:19:57 标题: 求助 Manhattan SE 一道
Despite pressure from right-leaning board members to__________ leftist propaganda evident in the current editorial biases, the city’s newspaper has maintained some sense of neutrality because a majority of the board understood the conservative caucus to have sham intent in trying to galvanize public opinion against the paper.
vacillate
prevent
sanction
inoculate against
wallow in
waver
首先想要了解的是，大家在做题的时候，碰到不熟悉并且不好推断意思的词组在选项中出现，是怎么处理的
然后，答案的解析：
This sentence is best understood from back to front. A majority of the board members know that the conservatives have “sham,” meaning “false, often having to do with a trick”, intent. Because the members understood that the conservative minority was trying to trick people, the majority was able to help the newspaper maintain “some sense of neutrality.” We can logically conclude that the conservatives were trying to cause the newspaper to be not neutral. Blocking “leftist propaganda” would drive the editorial biases to the center. Therefore, we must conclude that the conservative, or right-leaning, board members were supporting leftist propaganda. We are looking for a filler word such as “allow” or “support.”
(A) Vacillate means “to hesitate or waver in forming an opinion.” While this word fits thematically, it does not make sense in context.
(B) Prevent means “to stop.” This is the opposite of what we are looking for.
(C) CORRECT. Sanction means “to endorse.” This is a perfect fit.
(D) Inoculate against means “to prevent contraction, especially a disease.” While it would seem logical that right-leaning board members would want to inoculate against leftist propaganda, this is actually the opposite of their intent in the context of this sentence.
(E) CORRECT. To wallow literally means to “roll about lazily.” In this context, it has the more subtle meaning of “to devote oneself to, or to submerse oneself in.” This provides the meaning we are looking for.
(F) Waver means “to sway between two opinions.” While this word fits thematically, it does not make sense in context.
Note that (B) and (D) are near synonyms but provide the opposite meaning. Also, (A) and (F) are synonyms, but do not fit with the overall meaning of the sentence.
如何得到如下推断？Blocking “leftist propaganda” would drive the editorial biases to the center. Therefore, we must conclude that the conservative, or right-leaning, board members were supporting leftist propaganda.
