whereas在GRE阅读和填空中,都是很重要的逻辑词。
比较常用的是:
放在句中,表示前后的对比关系
The Chancellor castigated one regime for its mistreatment of political opponents, whereas he inexplicably ______ another that had committed similar acts.
A. abjured
B. exculpated
C. impugned
D. neglected
E. cosseted
F. absolved
根据whereas的提示,前后是对比关系。
前面说castigated one regime for its mistreatment of political opponents,我们要填后半部分对于另一个类似regime的动作,那根据whereas推出应该和castigate(严厉指责)相反,浏览选项,选择BF,表示“开脱罪责,宣告无罪”。
但除了在句中,whereas还会放在句首,如:
Whereas there has been extensive sociological research into how globalization affects finance, religion, and population, comparable studies of globalization’s impact on lawmaking and the practice of law have been ______.
A. tedious
B. scarce
C. compromised
D. tiresome
E. nonexistent
F. inadequate
此时有些同学不知道怎么理解。其实whereas在句首,可以表让步。
所以这个题目的思路是:浏览题目后,根据whereas确定题目考查让步转折。whereas的部分提到:有extensive的调查研究全球化对金融、宗教、人口的影响,于是,后半部分提到的关于全球化对立法的影响的研究是……,空格应该extensive取反,浏览选项,选择BF
此时大家有没有发现,whereas的用法,其实和while是一样的,可以表示句内的对比,也可以是表示让步。
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