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发布时间: 2013-04-26 11:55:12 作者: maylh

  The self-important cant of musicologists on record jackets often suggests that true appreciation of the music is an ---------- process closed to the uninitiated listeners, however enthusiastic.

  (A) unreliable

  (B) arcane

  (C) arrogant

  (D) elementary

  (E) intuitive

  〖解答〗

  如果音乐欣赏正是过去分词短语中所描述的那样,是"closed to the uninitiated listeners"的话,那全然是因为这一过程已变成(B) arcane的缘故。

  〖词汇〗

  cant: 1.言不由衷之辞 2.黑话 3.行业术语,惯用套语

  uninitiated: 1. 未被接纳入会的 2.缺乏某种特定知识和经验的

  arcane: 神秘的,晦涩难解的

  〖中译〗

  唱片套上音乐家们妄自尊大的行话常常表明,真正的音乐欣赏实乃一种秘不可宣的过程,对尚未入门的听众全然封闭,不管他们是何等的热忱。

  C:形容词短语


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