单选题 The senator's attempt to convince the public that he is not interested in running for a second term is ______given the extremely public fund-raising activities of his campaign committee.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析：disingenuous“虚伪的，不诚实的”；futile“无用的，无效的”；sincere“真诚的，诚挚的”；specious“似是而非的”。given作介词，意思是“考虑到……”。根据句意，本题答案为D。