GRE填空500题词汇精选逐题解读SECTION1：The author argued that...

题目

The author argued that the field of sociology has been overly (i) ___ , partly because, for many scholars, the edges of the social universe are defined by national borders. In this era of increasing globalization, however, sociology is presented with a historically distinct opportunity to transcend its former (ii) ___ .

Blank (i)　　Blank (ii)

A. narrow in scope　　D. utilitarianism

B. susceptible to fads　　E. parochialism

C. averse to empiricism　　F. historicism

正确答案

AE

题目解析

原句翻译：作者认为，一直以来社会学界的视野都过于狭窄，部分原因是很多学者认为社会领域不能超越国别。然而在加速全球化的今天，社会学面临一个前所未有的机会，克服以往的局限。

词汇含义

susceptible to fads 受流行时尚的影响

averse to empiricism 反对经验主义

be presented with something 被赋予某事物，被授予某事物，它是从 present somebody with something / present something to somebody 变形来的。

utilitarianism 功利主义，实用主义，效用最大化

parochial 牧区的，归属于某一教堂区域的，偏狭的，狭隘的

parochialism 狭隘

historicism 历史主义。(不懂不过看名字就决定排除了)