[字彙] 一題填空請教

看板GRE (GRE入學考試)作者 (woody)時間9年前 (2016/07/15 17:45), 編輯推噓5(5013)
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The fossilized toe bone of a lion discovered near London's Trafalgar Square in 1957 is _______ modern: countless other lion fossils are hundreds of thousands of years old. (A) very (B) rather (C) not (D) undeniably (E) scarcely (F) relatively 為什麼不能選(A)和(B)呢 rather和very不是都有"非常"的意思嗎? 和(F)相比,very和rather放在一組不是更好嗎? -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 163.26.36.158 ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/GRE/M.1468575915.A.24C.html

07/15 18:45, , 1F
建議改用英英字典 背synonym都比背中文好
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07/15 18:52, , 3F
推1樓
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07/15 19:07, , 4F
強推1樓提到的Oxford!
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07/15 19:07, , 5F
For this sentence, though, nothing even hints at
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"very" old. But there is a comparison after the
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colon(:). "other" tells us that 與其他的化石相
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比,這一個並不算那麼古老。
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07/15 22:03, , 9F
抱歉還是不太懂,用一樓推的字典查rather的意思有
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07/15 22:04, , 10F
To a certain or significant extent or degree
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07/15 22:04, , 11F
而用同樣的字典查very,意思有
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07/15 22:05, , 12F
In a high degree 這兩意思不都代表著一定的程度嗎?
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07/15 22:50, , 13F
rather這裡是相對的意思
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07/15 22:54, , 14F
照文意來翻比較適合 ,1957年的腳趾化石比起動輒級
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07/15 22:54, , 15F
百年的化石相對現代
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07/15 22:55, , 16F
抱歉 hundreds of thousand 是十幾萬 ,手機推文沒
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07/15 22:55, , 17F
看仔細
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07/16 03:15, , 18F
Other 就會想到比較的感覺 所以會沒a
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