6、The popularity of pseudoscience and quack medicines in the nineteenth century suggests that people were very----- but the gullibility of the public today makes citizens of yesterday look like hard-nosed ------。 v; t* U H8 \7 P
A, cautious.。 educators0 M. k/ s/ A4 D
B, sophisticated.。 realists' M8 x( W- H) B. t9 s
C, rational.。 pragmatists
: P5 d3 m5 d6 S6 Z5 _+ r& c/ O* kD, naive.。 idealists
# v& U# y: x+ n! hE, credulous.。 skeptics
: a; `- | |. J% b6 m% a9 hpseudoscience: n.伪科学( n6 ]5 b9 O2 U; Y) j% r, {
quack: n.冒牌医生,江湖骗子
* }0 G/ ?1 b' \: I' g3 r8 E9 {( Fhard-nosed: a.1.(猎犬)嗅觉不灵的 2.执拗的,倔强的,顽强的,不屈不挠的 3.(美俚)精明而讲究实际的- e: J- P& l8 J3 N/ b$ e
sophisticated: a.老于世故的,富于经验的,精通的
- j! X6 t2 w5 M; N frational: a.1.理性的,理智的,明事理的 2.合理的 3.神智健全的
$ F: n( {+ e5 R# c4 Q5 w, Ipragmatist: 实用主义者
7 W, {) }% u- |# J; w3 Ynaive: a.1.天真的 2.幼稚的,轻信的 3.未有过经验的5 e6 W' m9 L T; y
idealist: n.1.理想主义者,理想家,空想家 2.〔哲〕唯心主义者,唯心论者, |+ {* p/ ?2 ]2 T, y! {
credulous: a.轻信的,易受骗的,因轻信而引起的$ E% v( I3 G' H) T8 N
sceptic: n.1.怀疑(论)者 2.怀疑宗教(尤指基督教)者
3 i2 N! r4 j8 r% M0 `伪科学和江湖庸医在十九世纪的风靡一时,表明人们相当轻信,但当今公众之如此易于受骗上当,使得昨日的公民看上去犹若精明实际的怀疑者。1 J6 Y# V9 N6 L4 C+ ?1 g P6 K: E
7、Though extremely ------ about his own plans, the man allowed his associates no such privacy and was constantly ------- information about what they intended to do next.% b |% H' r L. e/ C5 T3 S& n
A, idiosyncratic 。. altering8 y, {0 f+ P8 S! q, K' J- @
B, guarded.。 eschewing
) r B( m3 Y# [" RC, candid.。 uncovering
; ~/ X) `' ?' L4 b9 U$ d: dD, reticent. 。 soliciting
3 m6 ]$ n0 u! L" P- RE, fastidious.。 ruining |