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。

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