急:提问一道GRE绿皮填空题
问题描述：
急:提问一道GRE绿皮填空题
In today’s world,manufacturers’ innovations are
easily copied and thus differences between products are usually _________;
advertisers,therefore,are forced to _________ these differences in order to
suggest the uniqueness of their clients’ products.AF/BF
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(i)
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(ii)
A
crucial
D downplay
B
slight
E
reduce
C
common
F
exaggerate
为何A不行?正是由于创新容易被复制,所以产品间的不同才通常很重要.这种意思为何不对?
答
因为创新容易被复制,所以产品之间应该是大同小异的,各个产品差别不大.slight有轻微的,少量的意思.带入文章就是,因为产品容易被复制,所以产品之间通常只有轻微的差别.
slight differences 对应前面的copy,表示一致,相同的意思.
GRE填空强调同义重复和改写,不做过多的推断.