3、Before the Second World War, academics still questioned whether the body of literature produced in the United States truly ------- a ------- literature, or whether such literature was only a provincial branch of English literature.</p>A, symbolized.。 local
* q: H: F* E( h1 y2 YB, constituted.。 national+ z P, `6 J" y- E" s+ u8 f
C, defined.。 historical: U, B* Z8 C0 Z- ^
D, outlined.。 good, u1 [" C4 c# b/ T: [% G T/ @
E, captured.。 meaningful
( R. u# r6 u4 n% xacademic: n.1.大学生,大学教师 2.学者,学会会员
6 d ^% j6 W1 A4 S9 N7 Hprovincial: a.1.狭隘的,地方性的 2.外省的,外地的" Z0 L. h9 Q) e
symbolize: v.象征,标志
1 l( R! y z5 x1 D( T第二次世界大战之前,学者们依然感到疑惑,即在美国创作的全部文学作品是否真正能构成一种民族文学,抑或这种文学只能算作英国文学的一个地方性分支。8 f: I8 s5 x: j3 i
4、Many more eighteenth-century novels were written by women than by men, but this dominance has, until very recently, been regarded merely as ------- fact, a bit of arcane knowledge noted only by bibliographers.
* ?3 f* m4 t: j2 KA, a controversial) H! a+ d1 C/ y4 t
B, a statistical# i3 ^- ~ j& T! M& K# }
C, an analytical
3 ^/ B6 p; G' H+ JD, an explicit
o- W# V: [7 Z$ rE, an unimpeachable1 ^4 }: a5 _% y. \8 \6 H5 F; L: n" u
dominance: n.优势,支配(或统治)地位,最高权力
; \2 R. g! Z+ ^ [+ k2 A1 Farcane: a.神秘的,晦涩难解的,秘密的( K, r, A# B5 E6 G& ]- R! _# O- F
bibliographer: n.1.书目编制者 2.目录学家,书志学家
. D! R+ v; x7 I& e( o5 yexplicit: a.1.详述,明确的,明析的 2.直言的,坦率的 3.显然可见的,容易观察到的, N0 }' E' C0 U6 V2 T3 q
unimpeachable: a.无瑕疵的,无缺点的,完全可靠的
" n0 h: y ]; Z+ Z/ l4 v0 S在十八世纪,女性创作的小说数量相当程度上超过男性创作小说,但女性文学创作的这种主导地位直到最近仅仅被视作一个统计学事实,一点小小的秘密知识,只为文献目录学家所注意。
. N g& \$ H% J5 E0 J3 ]: R5、All ------- biological traits fall into one of two categories: those giving their possessors greater ------- the environment and those rendering them more independent of it.
' |7 C: P: f3 i9 C4 J9 O7 eA, widespread.。 detachment from6 l3 v6 b9 b+ n' j5 f3 Y) D! m
B, beneficial.。 control over
* t- B4 E% J4 q3 A& o- t3 D: \C, successful.。 freedom from+ T. e7 V O, R2 ]$ P% E+ i
D, neutral.。 compatibility with1 w/ b3 Z4 u0 x5 C4 |! x
E, harmful.。 advantage in w7 g, [, ~7 W% u
trait: n.特征,特点,特性6 h; L& x% e2 L
category: n.1.种类,类别 2.〔哲〕范畴" h5 o* P: _7 @ d
render: v.1.使得,使成为 2.给予,提供 3.提出,呈报
& ?9 c& N0 h+ `9 M. G% p7 M4 kdetachment: n.1.分开,分离,脱离 2.超然,公正,不偏不倚 D: G5 {6 n! S
beneficial: a.有益的,有利的,有帮助的
0 w% K" M- z0 M7 W Q* h/ x所有有益的生物特征在两个类别之间都必居其一:一类生物特征使其拥有者得以在更大程度上控制环境,另一类则使它们更独立于环境。 |