The new creation has grown out of an attempt to ________two different tendencies, one in psychology and the other in physics, although at first sight they might seem inconsistent.
本题考查动词词义辨析。四个选项中的词较为常见,考生需对此类词加强记忆。 由an attempt to...two different tendencies (试图.......两种不同倾向),以及后半句中的although... they might seem inconsistent (尽管.......它们似乎不一致)可知,harmonize最 符合句意,故选D 。
[参考译文]这个创新意欲调和两种不同的倾向,一种属心理学,另一种属物理学,尽管乍一看它们似乎不一致。
[词汇拓展] complicate v.意为 “ 使复杂化;使恶化;使卷入”。
e.g. I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.我不想使这项任务不必要 地复杂化。
interchange v.意为 “ 交换;互换”。
e.g. She likes to interchange her furnishings at home with the stock in her shop.她想把家里 的家具与店里的存货调换一下。
harmonize v .意为 “ 使和谐;使一致;以和声唱”。
e.g. The colors do not seem to harmonize with each other at all.这些颜色显得一点儿也不协调。