The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ______. "Defied" in the fifth paragraph probably means" ______ ".

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问题 The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ______.
"Defied" in the fifth paragraph probably means" ______ ".

选项 A、doubled
B、gave proof to
C、challenged
D、agreed to

答案C

解析 词汇释义题。根据第五段中“At the early attempts,the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths,a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea”可得出正确答案为C。
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