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.

2 B/ X+ |0 j1 h( h# G: p4 |offended . . genuine
puzzled . . direct
comforted . . kind
reassured . . condescending
perplexed . . sarcastic

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？

7 R" I* [; f. _' U' O2 c; d2.        The scientist found it puzzling that his rival's theory retained its_______ despite widespread suggestions that it was now _______.__

' |4 E5 A' b7 W0 J2 I6 J4 ?perspective . . dated
currency . . moribund
- L3 M( l. h# M' J6 r% [2 R7 gappeal . . accepted
: S/ r) {* F3 q# acomplexity . . unfathomable
credibility . . recognized

两空肯定是相反的意思，感觉A和B似乎都有这种反义。
9 B  i7 d' ~- g' }; ^! R, u$ dA：有前景的对过时的
& R1 K% I* T( n6 R. T4 \' y3 O2 cB：当下的对垂死的
怎么排除A呢？
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. p  c* |4 b/ P; G  Y: s: k3.        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
$ d/ }9 O1 i, W8 u4 ^supremacy . . suppression of
autonomy . . accountability to
' f' m' R  R( v4 p2 V( _9 pfairness . . deviation from
2 h, @( f( k! [responsibility . . prioritization of
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  m9 D2 Z, ]1 N/ Z7 R, |8 o$ p9 s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

4.        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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# }' [! r5 {6 V5 o4 _! Fcompromise . . magnify
% \4 s+ ~( h* e  S- d& t- lconfirm . . validate
disprove . . pinpoint
6 r3 ~6 q2 z& k: B1 g0 Jverify . . distort
3 E$ q7 o( z8 o7 Limprove . . understate

" x7 ]6 h) @: ~3 t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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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. 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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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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! D' K) @) H9 ?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
sarcastic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.

% {5 s9 `; R  G# `. ^& d1 N6 poffended . . genuine
puzzled . . direct
7 P* f4 _; s6 c5 m7 x0 Xcomforted . . kind
reassured . . condescending
perplexed . . sarcastic
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3 w& w$ k) u. |" G6 H, W) [: X) k* ?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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" V, D4 ?; _$ h7 @, t/ p% L; |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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perspective . . dated
currency . . moribund
appeal . . accepted
" ]1 P4 V  {) R% k# f6 q0 M$ L  jcomplexity . . unfathomable
& B! e: S+ N7 L2 J# Fcredibility . . 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。
3 D/ G1 q7 I0 [& b. D, @  |) cA：有前景的对过时的
B：当下的对垂死的
3 b) x" j! G& V* g3 O  M+ j% |" c! R怎么排除A呢？

beauty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。
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" ^- _: w9 E: p! s* G. E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？

3. 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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. x0 }0 O+ v2 f* X/ u& drespectability . . codification of
  {6 v; t- ?8 [0 vsupremacy . . suppression of
" w2 g! g  ^. j3 v6 D- rautonomy . . accountability to
3 E9 a: G. j* E3 d' |) zfairness . . deviation from
responsibility . . prioritization of
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, Z9 h8 S5 l. v; B. H& {+ ]- N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

5 p3 W' {8 d! y- R- N% h昨天DE还解释了这道题，认为都不错。

% _. H6 Z' {: v  z1 |# F  i) j4. Overall, the evidence was inconclusive as to whether the adjustment to the inflated estimates would __________ their accuracy or instead________ the actual amount.

# H5 f/ D1 o' j4 h  ucompromise . . magnify
confirm . . validate
6 z0 O2 X  I: Y% qdisprove . . pinpoint
verify . . distort
improve . . understate
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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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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。

evidence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。
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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。
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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
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2 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*

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*
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; c5 Y1 }1 I; n4 L" @" t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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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！

看来我是没这个本事了，继续在干扰中挣扎吧，^_^