[字汇] GRE真题分享+高频字汇Unit2下载

楼主: Merica (美加文教)   2014-06-13 17:31:51
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这次是鼎鼎大名的英国哲学家John Stuart Mill的著作On Liberty。
Some, whenever they see any good to be done, or evil to be remedied, would
willingly ___ the government to undertake the business; while others prefer to
bear almost any amount of social evil, rather than add one to the departments
of human interests amenable to governmental control.
同学们考试的时候如果把整句看完,注意力一定会被句子里很多的生字们引开。所以我们
先把句子简化。
Some… …would willingly ___ the government to undertake the business; while
others prefer to bear almost any amount of social evil.
while在这里代表的是“然而”的意思,上下两句的句意须相反。下文是说人们愿意背负社
会责任,可见上文就是人们不愿意背负责任,人们不愿背负责任当然就是想要政府来承担
这些责任。所以空格里可以填的是“鼓励、刺激、命令”这类意思的词,正确答案我们稍
后公布。
如果这样的句意仍然让你对选择选项没有信心,我们再开始看后面的句子。
Some… …would willingly ___ the government to undertake the business; while
others prefer to bear almost any amount of social evil, rather than add one to
the departments of human interests amenable to governmental control.
rather than,“而不是…”,代表前后句意是相反的。如果“rather than…
governmental control.”这句与“while others…of social evil,”两句相反,而且“
while others…of social evil,”跟“Some…to undertake the business;”这句相反,
表示“rather than…governmental control.”与“Some…to undertake the business;
”代表的是相同的意思。
“rather than…governmental control.”说的是把责任放到政府上,所以第一句说的也
是把责任放到政府上。
那么正确答案就呼之欲出了,就是instigate v. 教唆、怂恿、刺激。
整句的意思如下:
Some, whenever they see any good to be done, or evil to be remedied, would
willingly ___ the government to undertake the business; while others prefer to
bear almost any amount of social evil, rather than add one to the departments
of human interests amenable to governmental control.
当看到有些好事正等著被完成、或坏事等著被弥补时,有些人(公民)会愿意让政府来承担
这些责任;然而有些人却想把这些社会责任全部扛下,而不愿意把一丁点的责任交由政府
掌控。

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