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Despite its best efforts to stimulate sales, the bookselling business remains far from _____, for it has high fixed costs in wages and rent, and falling prices make these ever harder to spur.

A. effective
B. healthy
C. innovative
D. robust
E. stingy
F. parsimonious

















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Despite(-) its best efforts(+) to stimulate sales, the bookselling business remains far from(-) _____(+), for it has high fixed costs in wages and rent, and falling prices make these ever harder to spur.

A. effective
B. healthy
C. innovative
D. robust
E. stingy
F. parsimonious


雖然盡力促進銷售，圖書銷售業務依然不_____，因為圖書銷售業務的固定成本較高，租金較高，因此就算價格下降也難以促銷。


Ans: BD
stimulate
/ˈstɪm.jə.leɪt/
verb 激發，激勵；促進
verb 刺激，使興奮；使感興趣
verb 促進（身體某部位）的功能

 spur
/spɝː/
verb 激勵，鞭策；促進，加速
verb （用馬刺）策（馬）前行
noun 馬刺，靴刺
noun 刺激；激勵
noun 山嘴，尖坡

 innovative
/ˈɪn.ə.veɪ.tər.i/
adjective 創新的，革新的；新穎的

 robust
/roʊˈbʌst/
adjective （人或動物）強壯的，茁壯的；（東西或系統）堅固的，耐用的，結實的

 stingy
/ˈstɪn.dʒi/
adjective 小氣的，吝嗇的

 parsimonious
/ˌpɑːr.səˈmoʊ.ni.əs/
adjective 吝嗇小氣的，過度節儉的

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