GRE 填空

Her attempts to wrest fiction free from traditional constraints like plot and character were never entirely popular with readers; nonetheless, her fiction has had _____ influence on critical theory, novel, cinema, and even psychology.

A. a studied
B. a negligible
C. a decisive
D. an unmistakable
E. an insignificant
F. a restorative

















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Her attempts to wrest fiction free from traditional constraints like plot and character were never(-) entirely popular with readers; nonetheless, her fiction has had _____(+) influence on critical theory, novel, cinema, and even psychology.

A. a studied
B. a negligible (-)
C. a decisive (+)
D. an unmistakable (+)
E. an insignificant (-)
F. a restorative (+)

她嘗試跳脫傳統小說劇情、角色的限制卻沒有受到廣大讀者的歡迎；然而，她的小說在A、B、C甚至D有 _____ 影響。

Ans: CD

 attempt
/əˈtempt/
verb （尤指為完成難事而進行）努力，嘗試
noun （尤指為完成難事而進行的）努力，嘗試
noun （足球比賽中的）射門

 wrest
/rest/ 
verb 辛苦謀求；費力取得
verb 奪取；攫取

 constraint
/kənˈstreɪnt/
noun 限制；束縛；約束
noun 限制；束縛；約束

 plot 
/plɑːt/
noun 情節
noun 秘密計劃；陰謀
noun 小塊土地，小塊地皮
noun 示意圖（或圖表）

 decisive
/dɪˈsaɪ.sɪv/
adjective 果斷的，乾脆俐落的，明確的；有決斷力的
adjective 決定性的，具有決定意義的

 unmistakable
/ˌʌn.mɪˈsteɪ.kə.bəl/
adjective 不會弄錯的，確定無疑的

 restorative
/rɪˈstɔːr.ə.t̬ɪv/ 
noun 有恢復作用的事物；使恢復精力的事物；促進健康恢復的事物

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