一道SAT的题

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The skepticism of some ancient philosophers ( ) and helps to elucidate varieties of nihilism that appeared in the early nineteenth century.
A.suppresses
B.disseminates
C.undermines
D.confounds
E.foreshadows
答案是E,但是B为什么不行啊??

B.disseminates 散布
E.foreshadows 预见

这里有"ancient","nineteenth century" 时间对比,说明philosophers生在nihilism之前很多年,所以用“foreshadows”

但丝毫没提到disseminates...

B.disseminates
to spread information or ideas to as many people as possible
一般是要人作主语,这里的主语是skepticism,抽象概念,不能作disseminate的主语。

E.foreshadows
to show or say that something will happen in the future
一般是抽象概念作主语,比如:
The revolution foreshadowed an entirely new social order.

ancient 和 early nineteenth century 是时间前后的对比,选 foreshadow 可以突显这一特点。

如果用 disseminate, 应突显 nihilism 在地区性的影响的扩大,而这句话明显没有指明这一点。varieties 只是“种类”的意思,并不是像 diversity 指多样性,所以填词的线索不在 varieties。

抱歉,我解释得不是很好。这题不是 OG 里的,我没做完真题集,别告诉我这题是真题集里吧。

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