托福听力official54 The word "facilitate" in the passage is closest in meaning to 答案解析

【题目翻译】在文章中单词“facilitate”与以下哪个选项意思最贴近？ A选项：expand意思是“扩张” B选项：ease意思是“减轻，使容易” C选项：transform意思是“转变” D选项：permit的意思是“许可” 【判定题型】题目要求选出与高亮单词意思最接近的选项，所以判断本题为词汇题。 【关键词定位】词汇所在句子“In the 1870s, loggers in the Great Lakes states began sprinkling water on sleigh roads, giving them an artificial ice coating to facilitate travel”. 【词汇解析】“facilitate”的意思是“使容易”，词汇所在句子“In the 1870s, loggers in the Great Lakes states began sprinkling water on sleigh roads, giving them an artificial ice coating to facilitate travel”的意思是在1870年代，工人们在五大湖开始在滑雪道上洒水，给路铺上一层人工雪来使运输便利”。 【选项分析】 A选项：expand意思是“扩张”，排除。 B选项：ease意思是“减轻，使容易”，意思最为贴近，故为正确答案。 C选项：transform意思是“转变”，排除。 D选项：permit的意思是“许可”，排除。