单选题The world “jeopardize” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ______.AendeavorBendangerCendorseDendow
单选题
The world “jeopardize” (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ______.
A
endeavor
B
endanger
C
endorse
D
endow
参考解析
解析：
文章第二段描述到一个医学观点：人们不断减少睡眠来满足“waking needs”，直到“we will sleep no more”；作者认为这种观点本身不坏，但向这个目标发展过快会损失惨重，我们牺牲了睡眠仅为得到更多时间，以受fatigue（疲劳）影响的行动和决定来jeopardize our civilization，可推测jeopardize为贬义词，因此与endanger （危及，危害）意思相符。
文章第二段描述到一个医学观点：人们不断减少睡眠来满足“waking needs”，直到“we will sleep no more”；作者认为这种观点本身不坏，但向这个目标发展过快会损失惨重，我们牺牲了睡眠仅为得到更多时间，以受fatigue（疲劳）影响的行动和决定来jeopardize our civilization，可推测jeopardize为贬义词，因此与endanger （危及，危害）意思相符。
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