As air has weight, it exerts force on any object immersed in it. The force per unit area is the air pressure. This pressure under standard condition is about . As a result of this pressure very large forces are exerted on even moderately large areas. [北大《英语》(三), p.21]
[原译]由于空气有重量,所以它对空气中的任何物体都施加压力。每单位面积的压力叫做气压。在标准情况下的气压为1公斤/厘米 。由于这种压力的结果,就有很大的力作用于相当大面积上。(教参)
moderately large 是指“相当大”吗？
副词 moderately 在这里的意思是 not very(不很,不太),例如:a moderately hot day(不很热的一天)。moderately large 不是言其大,而是言其不大。即使脱离上下文,我们仅从句中的 even 这个词也可以看出这一点。另外,moderate 用作动词(vt,vi)时,作“缓和”“减轻”解。
[试译]……甚至在不很大的面积上也会产生很大的作用力。
请做下面的英语试题：
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The workers' demands are ____; they're asking for only a small increase in their wages. A. moderate B. commercial C. abnormal D. complicated
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If you ____ your demand, then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want. A. conduct B. dismiss C. overcome D. moderate