PREP 2 Essay 13 我全错

梦宝要米国

"consistent with" is a much weaker condition than you apparently think. it doesn't necessarily have to mean "agrees with" or "similar to" -- it just means "doesn't contradict".

for instance, if i'm a gmat instructor, that's consistent with my being, say, an amateur bodybuilder or a model -- even though these two things have nothing at all to do with each other -- because they don't contradict each other. (by contrast, if i weigh 500 lbs, then that's inconsistent with being an amateur bodybuilder or model, since those two things rather directly exclude one another.)

so, you need to find direct evidence that the "female benevolence" thing actually contradicts one of these five options.
that evidence is here:
But clinging to this ideology also prevented these women from even attempting to gain true political power because it implied a moral purity that precluded participation in the messy world of partisan politics

that's (c).

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myaska

"consistent with" is a much weaker condition than you apparently think. it doesn't necessarily have to mean "agrees with" or "similar to" -- it just means "doesn't contradict".

for instance, if i'm a gmat instructor, that's consistent with my being, say, an amateur bodybuilder or a model -- even though these two things have nothing at all to do with each other -- because they don't contradict each other. (by contrast, if i weigh 500 lbs, then that's inconsistent with being an amateur bodybuilder or model, since those two things rather directly exclude one another.)

so, you need to find direct evidence that the "female benevolence" thing actually contradicts one of these five options.
that evidence is here:
But clinging to this ideology also prevented these women from even attempting to gain true political power because it implied a moral purity that precluded participation in the messy world of partisan politics

that's (c).

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-- by 会员 梦宝要米国 (2011/9/17 7:19:05)

顶楼上～看了这个解释终于懂了，否则我还在文章中苦苦寻找另外四个consist with的证据呢……