希望不要變成政治戰文啦 但第一次看到題目這麼想笑XD
敏感的朋友就當作單純練習句子等價就好@@
Corrupted by handshakes and sly winks (使眼色), the government was run by a
leader who cared only for his ______ and nothing for his languishing
(憔悴的、日漸衰弱的) people.
(A) contemporaries
(B) adversaries
(C) cronies
(D) relations
(E) chums
(F) legacy
答案是(C), (E), 都是朋友、密友的意思
順便聯想cronyism：用人唯朋，用人時偏袒朋友
(B)是敵人，意思相反
(A)有一點混淆，同時期的人不見得是和自己同一邊的
酸點是...
用 sly winks 來形容 corruption 還蠻好理解的
但為什麼 handshakes 也是 corruption 呢？
難道Magoosh也懂____之握？囧
套答案進去解釋 大概想表達黨同伐異吧XD