多选题 Despite the director"s lifelong reputation for humility, the retirement celebration found him unable to modify the urge to ______ his successes.
【正确答案】 B、C
【答案解析】[解析] ●Despite表示前后反义重复。
●前文说校长一生以谦虚著称,所以空格应该填入一个带有“不谦虚”意味的词。
●downplay轻描淡写,catalog逐一列出,embellish添油加醋,diminish减少,supplant代替,substitute代替。答案选BC。
●注:这里supplant和substitute是干扰项,同表示“代替”。