请教Magoosh一道单选题

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The conception of time as parcelled out in ______________ intervals did not begin with the advent of the clock; as such we must have a biological predisposition to not conceive of time as simply an amorphous succession of moments.


fleeting
illusory
unbounded
discrete
indiscernible

答案选的是discrete

请问这句话要怎么翻译呢？

MJsaiUID: 3365295

关于时间的定义——被分割的时间间隔——并不是随着钟表的出现而出现的；就此而论，我们一定有一种不把时间简单看成无形的连续片刻的生物倾向。
选项里选succession的反义词——discrete

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楼上正解。 Sucession取反

xywustUID: 3462520

MJsai 发表于 2013-10-28 21:35
关于时间的定义——被分割的时间间隔——并不是随着钟表的出现而出现的；就此而论，我们一定有一种不把时间 ...

为什么讲解上说的是amorphous 取反？~

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xywust 发表于 2013-11-18 08:17
为什么讲解上说的是amorphous 取反？~

amorphous 的反义是 shaped 你看选项里哪有和shaped同义的单词？而且这个跟题目的意思根本不搭边嘛

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MJsai 发表于 2013-11-18 08:30
amorphous 的反义是 shaped 你看选项里哪有和shaped同义的单词？而且这个跟题目的意思根本不搭边嘛

The clue is "to not conceive...amorphous." Therefore, we conceive of time that is bounded, not amorphous or shapeless.

(A) does not match the context, though is tempting because of the platitude, "Time is fleeting."

(B) is not supported by context.

(C) is the opposite.

(D) means broken up into separate intervals. This opposes the idea of amorphous intervals.

If anything, (E) is the opposite of the blank.这他上面的解析哈。我也觉得应该是succession。

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xywust 发表于 2013-11-18 08:47
The clue is "to not conceive...amorphous." Therefore, we conceive of time that is bounded, not amo ...

也有可能是我对于amorphous和discrete这两个词理解的不够深吧
或者他的意思是 无固定形状的事物是处于一种混沌的状态，因此是无法分离的？所以amorphous和discrete是反义词？

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MJsai 发表于 2013-11-18 09:08
也有可能是我对于amorphous和discrete这两个词理解的不够深吧
或者他的意思是 无固定形状的事物是处于 ...

有可能是这样~  = =