多选题 The politician"s speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but ______, a bitter railing against the party"s opponents.

A、 panegyrics
B、 diatribes
C、 philippics
D、 machinations
E、 acclamations
F、 platitudes

【正确答案】 B、C

【答案解析】[解析] ●逗号说明前后同义重复。
●空格与bitter railing(刻薄的咒骂)同义重复。
●panegyric赞颂，diatribe长篇抨击性演讲，philippic长篇抨击性演讲，machination诡计，acclamation赞颂，platitude陈词滥调。答案选BC。
●注：这里panegyric和acclamation是干扰项，同表示“赞颂”，且与正确选项反义。