LSAT-23-4-10 argue against

10.   Audiences find a speaker more convincing if the speaker begins a speech by arguing briefly against his or her position before providing reasons for accepting it. The reason this technique is so effective is that it makes the speaker appear fair-minded and trustworthy. Therefore, candidates for national political office who wish to be successful in winning votes should use this argumentative technique in the speeches.

Which one of the following, if true, most seriously limits the effectiveness of adopting the argument’s recommendation?

(A) Political candidates typically have no control over which excerpts from their speeches will be reported by the news media.

(B) Many people do not find arguments made by politicians convincing, since the arguments are often one-sided or oversimplify the issues.

(C) People decide which political candidate to vote for more on the basis of their opinions of the candidate’s character than on the exact positions of the candidate.

(D) People regard a political candidate more favorably if they think that the candidate respects an opponent’s position even while disagreeing with it.（A）

(E) Political candidates have to address audiences of many different sizes and at many different locations in the course of a political campaign.

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argue (REASON)   [Show phonetics]
verb [I or T]
to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc:
The minister argued for/in favour of/against making cuts in military spending.
[+ that] The minister argued that cuts in military spending were needed.You can argue the case either way.

所以arguing briefly against his or her position 不就是providing reasons for accepting it  这一点我觉得很奇怪

这题我觉得C也可以阿  有没有人帮我解惑一下

谢谢!!

thanks, leeon

我想我明白你的意思  仔细想了一下 C的确对于此方法的效能影响不大

原文的要点在于 这方法会使人们觉得演讲者有公平的思考并值得信赖而不是演讲者本身的政治立场

不过 还请大家帮忙 argue against 的问题

如果argue against = to give the reasons for your opinion, idea, belief, etc:

那么原文中这句the speaker begins a speech by arguing briefly against his or her position before providing reasons for accepting it.

就显得不合逻辑  请教大家  感谢!!

1。如果C改为People decide which political candidate to vote for  on the basis of their opinions of the candidate’s character，rarther than on the exact positions of the candidate. 则为正确选项。

2。ARGUE AGAINST是反对。the speaker begins a speech by arguing briefly against his or her position before providing reasons for accepting it.这就话的意思是，先退一步，再前进

1.了解   如果人们还有以positions作投票的依归 那就表示方法有效 反之  则无效

2看来这种一词多义的单字 是我最头痛的  看来还是要多看文章来揣摩

thanks , lawyer