作作下面這一題,答案在最底下。
NUGATORY : SIGNIFICANCE
(A) sublime : worthless
(B) entrenched : precedent
(C) quotidian : regularity
(D) deceptive : plausibility
(E) ethereal : substance
nugatory:adj. 無價值的, 瑣碎的, 無用的
[英] adj. 無價值的, 瑣碎的 ( trifling; worthless;futile)
[記] 來自nugae ( 無價值的東西)+tory -> 無價值的
同義詞包括"vain," "idle," "empty," "hollow,"等等。這裏都是不重要,無價
值之意。這幾個詞在語義上有些細微的差別:"nugatory"側重於瑣屑和無關緊
要;"vain" 暗含了絕對或相對的缺少價值;"Idle" 則表示無用,沒有效
果;"Empty" 和 "hollow" 主要用來說明沒有實質,空泛。
例:
a nugatory negotiation
This agreement is nugatory for no court will enforce it.
My last-minute cramming was nugatory; at the exam, I did’nt remember a thing.
The team's heartbreaking loss in the first game of the championship
series was rendered nugatory after they came back to win the next
four.
答案:E