General Patton outwitted his enemy in that he trained his soldiers into an army always ready to fight anytime and anywhere. Here “outwitted” could be replaced with ______.
问题1选项
A.was as smart as
B.was so wise that
C.was cleverer than
D.was never so cunning as
【选项释义】 A. was as smart as 和……一样聪明 B. was so wise that 如此明智，以至于…… C. was cleverer than 比……聪明 D. was never so cunning as 从来没有这么狡猾过 【考查点】短语辨析。 【解题思路】根据单词“outwit”的词义为“（智力上）超过，胜过”；结合从句的句意“因为他把他的士兵训练成一支随时随地准备战斗的军队”由此也可推测出这位将军应该是比敌人聪明，所以正确答案为C选项。 【干扰项排除】A、B、D选项均不符合语义逻辑。 【句意】巴顿将军以智胜敌人，因为他把他的士兵训练成一支随时随地准备战斗的军队。
