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 ------. A, cautious.. educators
% v8 ]" C! [9 b4 _ B, sophisticated.. realists
6 c0 Z& N9 ^" r O/ l$ V1 @; ` C, rational.. pragmatists
5 }4 F5 G4 Q- h; h/ l2 }+ B5 ^ D, naive.. idealists
8 Q' Q' P) ]; F/ N$ n E, credulous.. skeptics
2 p% w8 X$ ~' o( G) e. H9 b' p pseudoscience: n.伪科学$ [ K8 K. J; E) A# S
quack: n.冒牌医生，江湖骗子
4 G. `* M+ u4 L8 } hard-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
! T4 g" J4 ]* ^ J8 w# J7 V Y sophisticated: a.老于世故的，富于经验的，精通的& C# }+ _6 M0 f% l$ s
rational: a.1.理性的，理智的，明事理的 2.合理的 3.神智健全的# q5 [* x6 t7 ]% Q# w0 R2 K
pragmatist: 实用主义者- \; v% o! Q; f# @0 Q9 v
naive: a.1.天真的 2.幼稚的，轻信的 3.未有过经验的
# ^5 Q( ~7 \- a: ^- @7 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! `6 k, R! h8 S0 Z% A2 V3 k+ R
credulous: a.轻信的，易受骗的，因轻信而引起的
: ~- P. }' l/ T: Z% [ sceptic: n.1.怀疑(论)者 2.怀疑宗教(尤指基督教)者" [! N* [5 ]# W$ ?7 Z
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。
" p4 i, n9 H6 I8 N; \ 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.: U! Z* U0 ?' r
A, idiosyncratic .. altering
3 q# L& s+ x) c1 U3 X$ F* C B, guarded.. eschewing6 ]6 j: p6 z& L( M/ m( ~1 }% ?' e
C, candid.. uncovering) b( Q( F5 @ a7 e2 P- M# N
D, reticent. . soliciting3 ^/ e6 m- g0 g5 ?) b; g3 y
E, fastidious.. ruining |
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