一道英语完形填空的选项,为何用scatter 而非 spread?
问题描述:
一道英语完形填空的选项,为何用scatter 而非 spread?
Buyers and sellers may be () over the whole world and instead of actually meeting together in a market-place they may deal with one another by telephone,telegram,cable or letter.
选项中有:scattered 和 spread.scattered
我查了字典,scatter表示的散落是受惊吓后的“散开;四散开去”,并没有“分布”的意思;而spread的例句中就有“We have 10 000 members spread all over the country”,是最本意的“分布”的意思.
求教为何是 scattered 而非 spread?
答
要根据这句话的意思,强调散落在各地的人们可以通过电话联系,所以用的scatter,零星分布的意思.若不考虑句子想突出表达的意思spread也未尝不可,是遍及的意思.