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【单选题】 British hopes of a gold medal in the Olympic Games suffered ______ yesterday, when Hunter failed to qualify during the preliminary heats.
A．a sharp set-back
B．severe set-back
C．a severe blown-up
D．sharp blown-up

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
set something back的意思是to reduce something to a weaker or less advanced state，即“减少”的意思，例如 This result has set back their chance of winning the competition．修饰减少的程度用sharp恰当，severe表示“严厉的，严格的”，所以本题选A，表示英国在奥运会上夺金牌的希望昨天急速减少。 查看试题解析出处>>