A distant dream would be to deliberately set off quakes to release tectonic stress in a controlled way.
【句意】为了以一个可控的方式释放地壳构造压力,一个遥远的梦想将是故意地引发地震。
副词词义辨析题。deliberately“故意地;谨慎地;慎重地”;definitely“清 楚地;当然;明确地;肯定地”;desperately“拼命地;绝望地;极度地”;intentionally “故意地;有意地”;identically“同一地;相等地”。由句中关键词“A distant dream 一个遥远的梦想”与“to release tectonic stress in a controlled way 以一个可控的 方式释放地壳构造压力”的对应知“deliberately”在这里有“故意地”的意思, 故 C 项“故意地”正确。