求助36套短阅读Ex18T9

小硕鼠UID: 3411565

The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual enterprises to get credit for their accomplishments. Arguably, this is so because the theories and conceptual constructs of the social sciences are especially accessible: human intelligence apprehends truths about human affairs with particular facility.
This underappreciation of the social sciences contrasts oddly with what many see as their overutilization. Game theory is pressed into service in studies of shifting international alliances. Evaluation research is called upon to demonstrate successes or failures of social programs. Yet this rush into practical applications is itself quite understandable: public policy must continually be made, and policymakers rightly feel that even tentative findings and untested theories are better guides to decision-making than no findings and no theories at all.


9. The author confronts the claim that the social
sciences are being overutilized with
(D) the argument that overutilization is by and
large the exception rather than the rule
(E) the observation that this practice represents the
lesser of two evils under existing circumstances

求解释D跟E，看不懂……
为什么选E？

alexl39UID: 2940293

even tentative findings and untested theories are better guides to decision-making than no findings and no theories at all.

小硕鼠UID: 3411565

alexl39 发表于 2013-8-24 22:39
even tentative findings and untested theories are better guides to decision-making than no findings  ...

文章能看懂，这两个选项看不懂……

Leon-WangUID: 2772364

D里面的by and large是个词组，总体来说的意思
E说的是基于那样的观察“这个实践反映两权相害取其轻”，这正是文中的意思，与其没有理论还不如用一个tentative的理论。

alexl39UID: 2940293

小硕鼠 发表于 2013-8-24 15:43
文章能看懂，这两个选项看不懂……

请看4L同学的解答。
另外，文章中显然没说overutilization是exception

小硕鼠UID: 3411565

Leon-Wang 发表于 2013-8-24 22:44
D里面的by and large是个词组，总体来说的意思
E说的是基于那样的观察“这个实践反映两权相害取其轻”，这 ...

跪谢= =
by and largh……sigh我发现我真会YY= =
E这句感觉写的好形象啊

babe94xxyyUID: 2552657

能问一下么。。。还是不太理解，选项是看得懂，可是问题中问social sciences are being overutilized这一点和什么形成对比，从最后一段第一句应该是和underappreciation形成对比啊。。。

小硕鼠UID: 3411565

babe94xxyy 发表于 2013-9-9 18:01
能问一下么。。。还是不太理解，选项是看得懂，可是问题中问social sciences are being overutilized这一点 ...

没有听懂你想问什么……