Though environmentalists have targeted some herbicides as potentially dangerous, the manufacturers, to the environmentalists dismay, ------ the use of these herbicides on lawns. defy defer defend assail disparage ———————————————————————— 答案:(C) environmentalist: n.1.环境保护论者,人类生态学者 2.环境论者 3.环境艺术家 target: v.以…为攻击目标 herbicide: n.除莠剂,灭草剂 potentially: adv.潜在地,可能地
to somebody s dismay: prep.令人气馁(失望、绝望、幻灭,惊愕等) defy: v.1.违抗,反抗,蔑视 2.经受得住 3.使成为不可能 4.挑,激 defer: v.1.推迟,拖延,使推迟 2.尊敬,服从,敬重(to) assail: v.1.攻击,袭击 2.质问,责骂 3.着手解决,毅然对付 disparage: v.1.贬低,轻视 2.底毁,损害…的名声
虽然环保专家们将抨击的矛头指向某些除草剂,抨击某潜在的危险性,但是,令环保专家 们沮丧的是,制造商们却对这些除草剂在草坪上的使用大加辨护。 To believe that a culture s achievement can be measured by the ------- of its written material requires one to accept that a page of junk mail is as ------- as a page of great literature. nature.. readable quality.. prevalent timelessness.. understandable applicability.. eloquent volume.. valuable ———————————————————————— 答案:(E) junk mail: n.三级邮件,(成批大量发出的)邮寄广告宣传品 prevalent: a.流行的,盛行的,普遍的 timelessness: n.永恒,无时间性,永不改变,无始无终 eloquent: a.1.雄辩的,有说服力的 2.富于表情的,明白显示出的(of) volume: n.1.份量,量,额 2.体积,容积,容量
若要人相信某一文化的成就可凭藉其书面材料的总量来衡量的话,这就需要我们接受这样 一种说法,即一页三级邮件的价值可与一页伟大的文学作品相提并论。 Given the failure of independent laboratories to replicate the results of Dr. Johnson s experiment, only the most ------- supporters of her hypothesis would be foolish enough to claim that it had been adequately ------- fastidious.. defined partisan.. verified vigilant.. publicized enlightened.. researched fervent.. undermined ———————————————————————— 答案:(B) given a.1.规定的,特定的 2.有癖好的,有倾向的(to) 3.已知的,假设的 replicate: v.复制,摹写 adequately: adv.1.适当地,胜任地 2.足够地 3.勉强够地,差强人意地 fastidious: a.爱挑剔的,过分讲究的 partisan: v.党派的,派性的,偏袒的
鉴于独立的实验室无法复制出约翰逊博士的实验结果,因此,唯有其假设最偏袒的支持者 才会愚顽至极,竟会声称它早已得到了充分的验证。 Roman historians who study the period 30 B.C. to A.D. 180 can ------- the "Augustan peace" only by failing to recognize that this peace in many respects resembled that of death. decry applaud ridicule demand disprove ———————————————————————— 答案:(B) decry: v.1.(强烈)反对,(公开)谴责 2.诋毁(名声) applaud: v.1.向…喝彩,给…捧场 2.称赞,赞许,赞成 ridicule v.嘲笑,戏弄,嘲弄 disprove: v.证明…不能成立,证明…虚假(或不正确),反驳