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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offended . . genuine
puzzled . . direct
6 f' H2 Q2 V& x* Dcomforted . . kind
4 B/ Y) L. f  j4 Dreassured . . condescending
perplexed . . sarcastic

4 Y; @% M/ c' B  C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
( o) o1 B6 V( s1 m( ncurrency . . moribund
appeal . . accepted
complexity . . unfathomable
credibility . . recognized
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, g  W9 H# y( W: [7 k% T* P/ j- {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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怎么排除A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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respectability . . codification of
supremacy . . suppression of
autonomy . . accountability to
fairness . . deviation from
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0 K3 t6 p& @4 R: M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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compromise . . magnify
8 U6 N2 P& r! g: R# {3 qconfirm . . validate
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verify . . distort
improve . . understate

% j5 i: Y, h: U- _8 ]5 u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.

3 l( u$ a9 H' W: s6 ]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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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
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.

offended . . genuine
$ G9 h; w" i; }puzzled . . direct
comforted . . kind
; n$ J: |% N& K/ ~2 F, r4 s2 V9 Kreassured . . condescending
3 o+ Q7 f; A7 p3 i4 kperplexed . . sarcastic
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  r1 c: f, R8 _# q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？

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 _______.__

perspective . . dated
' B# V( @6 h5 k6 h, Tcurrency . . moribund
appeal . . accepted
complexity . . unfathomable
8 J- L, c: I  D$ D4 ycredibility . . recognized
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0 {( i) p8 k/ @* R两空肯定是相反的意思，感觉A和B似乎都有这种反义。
- ?" K5 A7 y. ~; M# ]( ]! YA：有前景的对过时的
& o$ e$ Q0 Y% o- d( E; n6 Q  t2 LB：当下的对垂死的
1 B4 U& F( K. ?1 a3 R: ^2 ]0 f- T怎么排除A呢？

( _4 i7 T* W" Lbeauty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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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？

4 c+ I9 z" A5 Q1 J3. 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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  f0 ]% a& O; l1 ]3 q: w; F% G8 A+ o8 wrespectability . . codification of
supremacy . . suppression of
autonomy . . accountability to
fairness . . deviation from
! Y7 Y4 ~+ y) a% x! Y1 cresponsibility . . 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

昨天DE还解释了这道题，认为都不错。
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* P9 [4 J4 s) W; K4. Overall, the evidence was inconclusive as to whether the adjustment to the inflated estimates would __________ their accuracy or instead________ the actual amount.

; _; z* s$ R; }4 y, n8 ~5 Xcompromise . . magnify
confirm . . validate
' a$ V7 d, v$ @, p, Q; e2 ~; T3 Rdisprove . . pinpoint
8 n) y) m- a: n8 ^1 Cverify . . 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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) S. p  K  u. U0 h! }8 D9 P$ L# k谢谢大家帮助
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7 V6 x( @# T8 ~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。

; j( V: l( ~5 _7 C3 [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。

6 F( H9 v- \+ ]4 J( j3 |4 ^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。

! I' l6 {/ x$ 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
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+ \- F3 \" F" C4 r! x! w2 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*

3 x) ?' L( C/ Q; h( x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！
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看来我是没这个本事了，继续在干扰中挣扎吧，^_^