求问 琦叔7套里的填空题。。大家来看看~

pazzaintermilanUID：3262759

3.  A restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its  décor; however despite this
restaurant’s  —— appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
A. elegant
B. tawdry
C. modern
D. traditional
E. conventional
F. chic

这个题选A,F，那C怎么不对呢？还有B tawdry 这个词一般怎么用啊


11.  Personal sacrifice without the promise of immediate gain is an anomaly in this era
when a sense of ——— is the most powerful predisposition shaping individual
actions.
A. fairness
B. humanitarianism
C. causality
D. ambiguity
E. entitlement
这个题答案是E，我选的A。。。败给了这个题的逻辑。。。

saber恩叶UID：3346891

第一个
morden和pedestrain不成反义呀，pedestrain：COMMONPLACE, UNIMAGINATIVE
tawdry是个贬义词，tawdry: cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality;also IGNOBLE

第二个
Personal sacrifice=individual actions=A
entitlement是权利的意思=上半句里的gain=B
就是when B is predisposition shaping A, A without B is an anomaly

pazzaintermilanUID：3262759

saber恩叶 发表于 2012-10-10 17:05
第一个
morden和pedestrain不成反义呀，pedestrain：COMMONPLACE, UNIMAGINATIVE
tawdry是个贬义词，tawd ...

modern 不是有时髦的意思吗，可以和pedestrian 构成反义啊

saber恩叶UID：3346891

pazzaintermilan 发表于 2012-10-10 17:29
modern 不是有时髦的意思吗，可以和pedestrian 构成反义啊

modern：contemporary；up to date 现代；最新
chic：fashionable 时髦

pazzaintermilanUID：3262759

saber恩叶 发表于 2012-10-10 18:08
modern：contemporary；up to date 现代；最新
chic：fashionable 时髦

额，好吧。。。果然英文释义才是最准确的。。。thanks~

zpx2227UID：3149712

pazzaintermilan 发表于 2012-10-10 18:33
额，好吧。。。果然英文释义才是最准确的。。。thanks~

是啊  本来英译汉就有很大偏差  你再一理解  偏差更大了