请教两个填空题

PP0211UID: 3305612

Managers who think that strong environmental performance will ___  their company's financial performance often ___ claims that systems designed to help them manager environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be ___ to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager's commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance. Blank I                   Blank II                                Blank III
A.eclipse              D.uncritically accept                 G. complementary
B. bolster             E. appropriately acknowledge   H. intrinsic
C.degrade            F. hotly dispute                       I. peripheral

答案是 BDH

第一个空很简单，可是第二个空为什么不能选E呢？
我知道第三个空应该找后面extraneous的对应，如果我把extraneous 理解成不重要的话， 那么第三个空为什么不能选I. peripheral 呢？



另外一个是同义题：
The government's implementation of a new code of ethics appeared intended to shore up the ruling party's standing with an increasingly  ___  electorate a t a time when the party is besieged by charges that it trades favors for campaign money.
A. aloof
B. placid
C. restive
D. skittish
E. tranquil
F. vociferous


答案是CD,   实在是不理解restive 怎么会和 skittish 同义呢？


谢谢各位！

thisishaoliangUID: 3532548

所以第二题中restive取的是韦氏里的第二个意思吗？
1 : stubbornly resisting control  : BALKY
2 : marked by impatience or uneasiness  : FIDGETY

那怎么由besieged by charges推出选民restive呀？

songxiaoshiUID: 3170134

skittish的意思有易变的 容易受到惊吓的;不安定的  还有轻快的 其中第二个意思webster上有restive的同意

水滴石穿kUID: 3250053

increaingly restive electorate对应besieged by charges
skittish在韦氏词典的第三条意思就是restive，这两者是同义词

pennzUID: 3108755

skittish 韦氏~ 注意第二个解释的~~~~~~~
1 a : lively or frisky in action : CAPRICIOUS
b : VARIABLE, FLUCTUATING
2 : easily frightened : RESTIVE *a skittish horse*
3 a : COY, BASHFUL  b : marked by extreme caution : WARY

第一题第二个空我觉得是 by contrast 要强对比 B明显不够强 第三个空无能为力~