【GRE英文筆記】The editorial inadvertently substantiated several claims @ 熱血背包客莊ㄟ

The editorial, though intended to impugn the current administration, inadvertently substantiated several claims made against the regime suggested as a preferable alternative, effectively castrating any plans for a change in leadership.

這篇社論原本只打算抨擊當局，但沒想到還真的驗證了一些用來反對當局視為可行的替代政權的言論是對的，有效打擊任何為了改變領導層級的計畫

來源：GRE考古題

原題：

The editorial, though intended to (i)_____ the current administration, inadvertently (ii)_____ several claims made against the regime suggested as a preferable alternative, effectively (iii)_____ any plans for a change in leadership.

Blank(i)	Blank(ii)	Blank(iii)
(A)impugn	(D)attenuated	(G)politicizing
(B)bolster	(E)substantiated	(H)metamorphosing
(C)venerate	(F)benighted	(I)castrating

解題方式：

though表示前後兩個子句邏輯相反，

關鍵是claims made against the regime suggested as a preferable alternative，這小段，這當中有兩個形容詞子句，第一claims後面跟的是made against the regime，所以這個就是反對政權的言論。

然後第二，the regime和後面的關係代名詞限定用法suggested as a preferable alternative，所以這一組翻譯就變成：可行的替代政權

最後合併看，那就是言論，反對，好的替代

再來往後看, effectively (iii)_____ any plans for a change in leadership.，這句關代非限定用法是修飾前方句子所用的for a change in leadership這裡剛好對到preferable alternative和the regime

假設A是editorial，B是claims，C是 regime和administration，又B =/= C，進入四則運算

AC=(-)BC，BC是負的帶入，所以AC結果是正的所以總組合有兩種

1.A是正向，B是負向，C是正向

2.A是負向，B是正向，C是負向

然後答案區中

Blank(i)	Blank(ii)	Blank(iii)
(A)impugn(負)	(D)attenuated(負)	(G)politicizing(沒感覺)
(B)bolster(正)	(E)substantiated(正)	(H)metamorphosing(不明)
(C)venerate(正)	(F)benighted(負)	(I)castrating(負)