For each blank select one enty from the corresponding column of choices. Fill all blank in the way that best completes the text.
The company suffers from an almost total lack of : even the most innocuous communications between departments lend to devolve into acrimony.
dissension
variance
comity
conformity
mordancy
Select one entry from each column.
详解
冒号前后等价。鉴于冒号后说even the most innocuous communications between departments lend to devolve into acrimony(尖酸),说明冒号前面的结论也落在 acrimony上。 因为有lack of, 所以空格选 acrimony 的反义。C-comity 友好 反义程度最高。 A. dissension 异议,E. mordancy-尖酸 不符合,D-conformity 合规/一致,更倾向于一种行为的表达,而acrimony更强调的是双方的态度言辞不友好,所以强调态度言辞的comity 更佳。