单选题 To many people, a husband and wife alone do not seem a proper family—they need children to enrich the circle, to ______ family character and to gather the redemptive influence of offspring.
  • A. repress
  • B. intimidate
  • C. validate
  • D. confine
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] C项“validate使生效，确认”，根据空格处的意思：为了使家庭角色得到确认，故选C。A项repress压制；B项intimidate胁迫；D项confine限制，均不符合题意。