PP2的天空

DendisUID: 158017

1.        Her tone of voice  _______ him:  he could not tell whether she was being   ________ or whether he was to take her comment literally.
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- E2 z# U8 \  Woffended . . genuine
. \+ f% `. g2 ?# Vpuzzled . . direct
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reassured . . condescending
perplexed . . sarcastic
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一空肯定是B和E候选，但是二空就不太明白句子to take her comment literally的意思。什么叫“他字面上理解了她的意思？”literal和sarcastic有关系吗？literal是否也有含蓄的意思和direct相对呢？
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2.        The scientist found it puzzling that his rival's theory retained its_______ despite widespread suggestions that it was now _______.__
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perspective . . dated
currency . . moribund
appeal . . accepted
1 \! M6 {+ R' S' \5 rcomplexity . . unfathomable
credibility . . recognized
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两空肯定是相反的意思，感觉A和B似乎都有这种反义。
( O9 h4 Z* f+ a$ zA：有前景的对过时的
B：当下的对垂死的
怎么排除A呢？
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8 C7 m5 o! C" N1 a3.        According to one political theorist, a regime that has as its goal absolute ______, without any_______ law or principle, has declared war on justice.
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respectability . . codification of
supremacy . . suppression of
autonomy . . accountability to
fairness . . deviation from
responsibility . . prioritization of
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( a" N- I3 X; y7 d$ Z所有的书上答案都是B，pp2的答案是C。我感觉B不错，怎么回事？不懂

& k: D$ y# Z/ ^  u! z# w* t4.        Overall, the evidence was inconclusive as to whether the adjustment to the inflated estimates would __________ their accuracy or instead________ the actual amount.
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compromise . . magnify
confirm . . validate
- S0 l" _% D7 |$ Pdisprove . . pinpoint
verify . . distort
improve . . understate

很明显，这道题目的前后两空也是反义关系。只不过D和E似乎都有相反意思。是不是因为inconclusive才排除verify？但是我不太懂这句句子的意思，as to在里面到底是用法？它和whether……or连用又是什么东东？
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谢谢大家帮助

beauty44UID: 167995

1. 根据puzzle， he was to take her comment literally和she was being ________ 相对，前者表示he对her comment进行评判，而后者则应该是纯粹由she来direct.
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2 o$ z3 _# z) @; s& r. s3 K2. perspective 有“洞察力，观点“的意思，即使当作“远景“也指景色，没有有远见的意思，而retain后面跟个状态比较好。况且B中才是天然相反，若说A中相反的确牵强
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3,  4 同问

DendisUID: 158017

谢谢beauty44，不过不太明白第一题讲的意思，它的答案是E啊！

beauty44UID: 167995

呵呵，那真的就需要高人指点了！
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第四题有些新想法，adjustment造成的结果可以improve但不能verify正确性，因为如果已经正确了，就不用improve了。

lakeqianUID: 157560

being ________ 与take her comment literally是对比关系。而literally=directly
" Q- d- I- q7 N$ y  Msarcastic讽刺是指ironic。有非字面的含义。例如表面上表扬但实际上是责骂。

zhongsiyarUID: 175329

inflated 决定后面的空为improve，由此选e，我一开始也选了d

needleUID: 158900

1. Her tone of voice _______ him: he could not tell whether she was being ________ or whether he was to take her comment literally.
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9 @! \. D9 ?& U5 u" U+ moffended . . genuine
puzzled . . direct
comforted . . kind
reassured . . condescending
7 C/ v8 N' ]9 ?( fperplexed . . sarcastic

4 G2 k, P( A5 W( V6 A) x1 ^一空肯定是B和E候选，但是二空就不太明白句子to take her comment literally的意思。什么叫“他字面上理解了她的意思？”literal和sarcastic有关系吗？literal是否也有含蓄的意思和direct相对呢？

/ A3 V3 U" l7 u" B) ~) [whether or whether前后意思一定相反。后面那个literally就是说“说什么就是什么”，按照所说的字面意思理解，说的话没又话外含义。sarcastic很顺啊：他因她的语调而困惑：他分不清她（的真实意思）是在讥讽呢还是（表达的正是）他从字面理解的意思。direct好奇怪啊，放进去不知道什么意思啊！

2. The scientist found it puzzling that his rival's theory retained its_______ despite widespread suggestions that it was now _______.__
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, y8 l4 N& f+ Q! u+ R  dperspective . . dated
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4 O5 \9 I& I8 c. e4 \) [$ yappeal . . accepted
complexity . . unfathomable
credibility . . recognized
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8 P# [& Y6 _2 R' t) U两空肯定是相反的意思，感觉A和B似乎都有这种反义。
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B：当下的对垂死的
怎么排除A呢？
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8 D  R. J% w" n6 ^; Mbeauty说得不太对吧？perspective有前途的意思，不仅仅用于指景色。呵呵，我也不知道我怎么排除的，觉得B的意思是最顺的，对的也最工整的。

& d7 p( v' S/ q6 c; e+ y: O大致说一下吧，不知道对不对：需要注意的是retain，它指的是过去有、现在还有这么一种状态。如果是retain perspective的话，证明该理论被（一直）认为有前途，这和后面的widely spead ...dated是矛盾的呀！一个被广泛认为过时的theory怎么能又被认为有前途呢？
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0 F  j1 e& O$ Z2 a3. According to one political theorist, a regime that has as its goal absolute ______, without any_______ law or principle, has declared war on justice.

" ?2 J5 U4 {  I+ }. ^: e5 F: Irespectability . . codification of
0 R  d! y$ l  T: H- e( \5 Nsupremacy . . suppression of
0 C/ k! u' n$ n) R5 P, V1 F9 Vautonomy . . accountability to
$ H; k. l8 D7 Ffairness . . deviation from
responsibility . . prioritization of

所有的书上答案都是B，pp2的答案是C。我感觉B不错，怎么回事？不懂
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( v% @7 U% Q# I! m4 B0 i6 ]0 h昨天DE还解释了这道题，认为都不错。
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' C" p2 E; M/ |! X8 V4. Overall, the evidence was inconclusive as to whether the adjustment to the inflated estimates would __________ their accuracy or instead________ the actual amount.

compromise . . magnify
. i- J- R- ~7 O" N! D% E, mconfirm . . validate
disprove . . pinpoint
verify . . distort
0 o( H7 w: K& Nimprove . . understate

很明显，这道题目的前后两空也是反义关系。只不过D和E似乎都有相反意思。是不是因为inconclusive才排除verify？但是我不太懂这句句子的意思，as to在里面到底是用法？它和whether……or连用又是什么东东？

谢谢大家帮助

2 F- f. ^! y  H0 Z$ F( e我发现但凡Dendis在那儿问这为什么要排除那个干扰项这种问题，我都是不为什么就排除了:p  仔细想一下ing~~~as to没什么古怪的用法啊，也不是和啥啥连用啊，就是简单的"至于、关于"吧？我认为啊，不一定对。就是说该证据在。。。方面还是inconclusive的，as to指出这个方面而已。
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; [/ Z% j  Z. Tevidence这种词是有个性的。它的用处就是来证明，后面要不然是证明了，要不然就是没证明。improve/verify都可以。第二个空要注意inflated，还要注意两个空之间的反义关系。improve accuracy之后应当说estimates有accuracy，那么estimates是inflated，但又是对的，只能证明是actural amount是错的，是understated了。

* g' V/ i5 S" j( |distort是歪曲的意思，但是你看一下understate的意思，“有意轻描淡写”，很准确啊。

, V: S4 G' M5 r: H( Q. j" X最主要的，如果是verify的话，证明estimates是对的，那么后面就该说estimates不对，actural amount对，就不可能是distort！！

beauty44UID: 167995

for 2,  perspective好像没有“有前途的”意思啊，是再说“prospective"吧？

needleUID: 158900

Main Entry:2perspective

: r4 v! ]" o: K3 D' r; p0 R2 a : the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed *places the issues in proper perspective*;  also   : POINT OF VIEW  b : the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance *urge you to maintain your perspective and to view your own task in a larger framework?W. J. Cohen*
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3 a : a visible scene;  especially   : one giving a distinctive impression of distance : VISTA  b : a mental view or prospect (这里是小的数字2)to gain a broader perspective on the international scene?Current Biography*

还是可以做“前景、未来”讲的哦！和prospect在这个意义上通用。

lakeqianUID: 157560

发觉needle好像拿出改作文的架势了。呵呵

DendisUID: 158017

谢谢楼上各位，尤其是needle姐姐辛苦劳作，bow一个
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1 b/ F; O0 |& k/ T. A/ V# N+ {& X佩服needle姐姐的语感，唉，只要一读句子估计就能慧眼挑出答案，强！
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看来我是没这个本事了，继续在干扰中挣扎吧，^_^