单选题 Merchant Robert Morris was a man of many distinctions, one of the wealthiest individuals in the Colonies and an economic wizard, he won the ______ "Financier of the Revolution", yet died penniless and forgotten.
A. condolence B. euphemism C. dregs D. accolade

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] D选项：accolade意为“嘉奖，赞许”，如：The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences．(诺贝尔奖已成为科学界的最高荣誉。)根据句意：商人罗伯特·莫里斯获得很多荣誉，他是殖民地中最富有的人之一，也是一位经济奇才。他赢得了“变革金融家”荣誉称号，但死时却身无分文，并被遗忘。故选D。
其他三项：condolence同情，吊唁；euphemism委婉语；dregs沉淀物，残渣。