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  3. The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the conseque

The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the conseque

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问题 The fire has caused great losses, but the factory tried to ________ the consequences by saying that the damage was not as serious as reported.
选项 A、decrease
B、subtract
C、minimize
D、degrade
答案 C
解析 动词词义辨析。A. decrease减小，缩小，减少；B．subtract减去，扣除；C. minimize最小化，把……说成极不重要，对……作最低估计；D．degrade降低，降级。根据题意应选C。句意为：这场大火造成了巨大的损失，但这家工厂却说损失没有所报道的那么严重，竭力缩小大火造成的后果。
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