求助Magoosh一道填空题

Steven73UID: 3511309

Cryptozoology is predicated on a notion that is every bit as _____ as the very quarry it aims to study: one cannot disprove the existence of that which does not exist.
A mysterious
B irrefutable
C cautious
D elusive
E fundamental

Steven73UID: 3511309

官方解释如下：
The concept here is there exists a field that tries to prove the existence of something that does not exist. Just as difficult as trying to catch an animal (notice the 'zoology' in cryptozoology) difficult feat. 'Elusive' works well. It means hard to pin down, something that is always beyond one's grasp.

(A) superficially makes sense. Yet it is too vague.

(B) is a very tempting answer. That said, you can refute the existence of an animal, but you can't refute the animal itself ("irrefutable...very quarry it aims....", does not make any sense).

但是还是不太懂...

raybombUID: 2685142

后半段说的就是 要去证实一个不存在的东西，事情是不是很荒谬？ 前半段 把他比作为Cryptozoology，。 所以这个东西很难懂，或者很难学透。