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Question 1

The slave narrative, no less than the domestic novel, constitutes a literary genre

The autobiography, no less than a novel, should tell a powerful story

Answer 1

类似：both A and B are …

有比较含义

Question 2

shed a new perspective on

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提供一个全新的视角

Question 3

a rationally required conclusion

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由理性推理必然得出的结论

Question 4

is likened to

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类似于（类比）

Question 5

diametric contradiction

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Complete contradiction

Question 6

diametrically opposed

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完全相反的

Question 7

restrict the kinds of experiences from which philosophers may draw knowledge

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Dont misread as “restrict … from …”

Question 8

inasmuch as

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1. Since; 2. To the extent that

Question 9

lead paint

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铅油漆

Question 10

have/get the facts straight

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present facts in an accurate way；know and understand the facts

Question 11

a successful concern

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一个成功的企业

Question 12

A relates X to B

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A告诉B X

Question 13

The passage contains support for which one of the following statements concerning those scholars who analyze works written in Latin during the Renaissance?

Answer 13

“Scholars” are current; works are in Renaissance

Question 14

the introduction of a thought experiment whose results the author expects to vary widely among different people

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Question 15

anything but A

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not A

Question 16

No owl on Scrag Island is known to eat anything but frog on the island

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Owl food -> frogs

Question 17

Newly elected laws need a period of immunity during which they can be repealed only if circumstances are dire

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..

Question 18

Establish

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Prove, put beyond doubt

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the object of one‘s faithfulness

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…

Question 20

stiff competition

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激烈的竞争

Question 21

deep temperate lake

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温度适中的深湖

Question 22

It isn’t that the school paid more for each computer than it was worth, but that the computers that were purchased were much more elaborate than they needed to be

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It isn’t that X but that Y -> X is wrong or IRRELEVANT

Question 23

A thorough study of the flight reports required of pilots for all commercial flights

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..

Question 24

reality of an alleged phenomenon

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现象的存在

Question 25

A is characterized by B

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If B, then A

Question 26

Ordinarily

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Like usually, means “most”