Feb 1, 2009 Volume 2 -- root, #2(17)

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1. Ancient peoples _____ magic properties to certain stones.
2. Settlers drove the Navajo out of Arizona in ______ for their raids.
3. The video is a _____ to the musicals of the '40s.

A) tribute
B) attributed
C) contributed
D) distributed
E) retribution

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B) attributed
E) retribution
A) tribute

tribute:
1. a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
2. a stated sum or other valuable consideration paid by one sovereign or state to another in acknowledgment of subjugation or as the price of peace, security, protection, or the like.
3. a rent, tax, or the like, as that paid by a subject to a sovereign.
4. any exacted or enforced payment or contribution.
5. obligation or liability to make such payment.

attribute:
–verb (used with object) 1. to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually fol. by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.  
2. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: He attributed intelligence to his colleagues.  
3. to consider as made by the one indicated, esp. with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof: to attribute a painting to an artist.  
4. to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated; credit; assign: to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country.  
–noun 5. something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property: Sensitivity is one of his attributes.  
6. something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status: A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.  
7. Grammar. a word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction. In the red house, red is an attribute of house.
8. Fine Arts. an object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules.
9. Philosophy. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Compare mode 1 (def. 4b).
10. Logic. (in a proposition) that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject.
11. Obsolete. distinguished character; reputation.

contribute:
–verb (used with object) 1. to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
2. to furnish (an original written work, drawing, etc.) for publication: to contribute stories to a magazine.  
–verb (used without object) 3. to give (money, food, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc.: He contributes to many charities.  
4. to furnish works for publication: He contributed to many magazines.  
—Idiom5. contribute to, to be an important factor in; help to cause: A sudden downpour contributed to the traffic jam.  

distribute:
–verb (used with object), -ut⋅ed, -ut⋅ing. 1. to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
2. to disperse through a space or over an area; spread; scatter.
3. to promote, sell, and ship or deliver (an item or line of merchandise) to individual customers, esp. in a specified region or area.
4. to pass out or deliver (mail, newspapers, etc.) to intended recipients.
5. to divide into distinct phases: The process was distributed into three stages.  
6. to divide into classes: These plants are distributed into 22 classes.  
7. Logic. to employ (a term) in a proposition so as to refer to all individuals denoted by the term.
8. Physical Chemistry. to dissolve uniformly in a solvent consisting of layers of immiscible or partially miscible substances.
9. Printing. a. to roll out (ink) on the table to attain the proper consistency.
b. to return (type) to the proper place after printing.

retribution :
–noun 1. requital according to merits or deserts, esp. for evil.
2. something given or inflicted in such requital.
3. Theology. the distribution of rewards and punishments in a future life.

lintelleUID: 2297267

这套题上次直接把答案公布出来了，大汗。当时觉得挺难的，现在回头看，这些都是挺简单的单词。大家试试看吧

艾惟UID: 2502625

1B
2C
3A

艾惟UID: 2502625

为什么有这么多解释= =
请允许我慢慢地看

艾惟UID: 2502625

能把第二句翻译下么，谢谢。

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2. Settlers drove the Navajo out of Arizona in ______ for their raids.
E) retribution

Arizona的居民把Navajo驱逐出境，作为他们突然袭击的惩罚。

不好意思，刚刚看到你的要求

艾惟UID: 2502625

看来是我理解反了，汗下。