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这次是在The New York Times出现的Lofty Promise of Saturn Plant Runs Into G.M.'s
Fiscal Reality。
Despite the ___ leaving their old jobs behind, workers were eager to come
because there were to be no layoffs under the union contract at Saturn.
[A] misgivings about
[B] trepidation over
[C] gratification of
[D] jubilation of
[E] benefit in
[F] profit in
这题只要看到despite就能知道答案该填什么了，despite (尽管)属于反意连接词，连接
句意相反的两句话。
逗点后面说的是workers were eager to …，是属于正面的语意，可见逗点之前就是填负
面语意的词。所以能填的答案就是[A] misgivings about以及[B] trepidation over。
整句翻译如下：
这些工人虽然很害怕把旧工作留在后头，但他们还是很想进入Saturn，因为在Saturn的合
约下将不会裁员。