单选题
Not all member states abided by the principle they had agreed on previously.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本句的意思是“并非所有的成员国都遵循他们先前达成一致的原则。”abide by是个短语,意为“服从,遵守”,adhere to也是一个固定的短语,和stick to同义。abide by常见的搭配还有abide by the rule/the law/decision,如:The players all abided by the referee's decision although it was not really fair.其余的三个选项apply(应用),abandon(抛弃),adopt(采纳)均可以和principle搭配,但词义和abide by不符。