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Recent studies suggest that ride-sharing services could do a much better job providing useful information to drivers. For example, one current app provides heat maps... but only when surge pricing is in effect and demand is strong. But it doesn't help drivers figure out how to optimise their business during the doldrums, when demand is poor.
"poor" most nearly means:
a) outdated
b) mournful
c) modest
d) weak
I was having a hard time choosing between c) and d). The answer is d) and I guess it makes sense since weak is the opposite of strong, but wouldn't c) also make sense as well?
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Recent studies suggest that ride-sharing services could do a much better job providing useful information to drivers. For example, one current app provides heat maps... but only when surge pricing is in effect and demand is strong. But it doesn't help drivers figure out how to optimise their business during the doldrums, when demand is poor.
"poor" most nearly means:
a) outdated
b) mournful
c) modest
d) weak
I was having a hard time choosing between c) and d). The answer is d) and I guess it makes sense since weak is the opposite of strong, but wouldn't c) also make sense as well?
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It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
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Recent studies suggest that ride-sharing services could do a much better job providing useful information to drivers. For example, one current app provides heat maps... but only when surge pricing is in effect and demand is strong. But it doesn't help drivers figure out how to optimise their business during the doldrums, when demand is poor.
"poor" most nearly means:
a) outdated
b) mournful
c) modest
d) weak
I was having a hard time choosing between c) and d). The answer is d) and I guess it makes sense since weak is the opposite of strong, but wouldn't c) also make sense as well?
vocabulary exam-questions
asked 2 hours ago
jjhh
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Recent studies suggest that ride-sharing services could do a much better job providing useful information to drivers. For example, one current app provides heat maps... but only when surge pricing is in effect and demand is strong. But it doesn't help drivers figure out how to optimise their business during the doldrums, when demand is poor.
"poor" most nearly means:
a) outdated
b) mournful
c) modest
d) weak
I was having a hard time choosing between c) and d). The answer is d) and I guess it makes sense since weak is the opposite of strong, but wouldn't c) also make sense as well?
vocabulary exam-questions
vocabulary exam-questions
asked 2 hours ago
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jjhh
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It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
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It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
– FumbleFingers
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It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
– FumbleFingers
2 hours ago
It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
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D, most certainly. Modest is a more positive word for small, and is often associated with 'barely enough', often linking back to issues of individual pride and making do with less. I.E.: "She lives modestly with few luxuries, but they always have food on the table." If the point you're making is that this lack is bad, D is just a much clearer conveyor of that tone without muddying it up with 'modest'.
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Answer: d) weak
The previous sentence ends "demand is strong". Therefore "demand is weak" is a good way of saying the opposite.
"modest" is not a clear opposite to "strong". It has a nuance that demand is always small-medium in size, rather than varying between strong and weak. It also does not fit well with "business during the doldrums", given doldrums means stagnation or depression.
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doldrums is an allusion to sailing conditions of yesteryear in equatorial regions where calms would cause ships to come to a standstill, sometimes for weeks. The drivers are being (faintly) likened to sailors whose ships were making no progress because they lacked even a modest wind. Sailors stuck in a calm would be grateful for a modest wind. A modest wind would allow a sailing ship to make some progress. A business that is a "modest success" is not thriving, but neither is it close to failing. You want the word that implies "not enough to succeed", and the closest word there is weak.
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D, most certainly. Modest is a more positive word for small, and is often associated with 'barely enough', often linking back to issues of individual pride and making do with less. I.E.: "She lives modestly with few luxuries, but they always have food on the table." If the point you're making is that this lack is bad, D is just a much clearer conveyor of that tone without muddying it up with 'modest'.
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D, most certainly. Modest is a more positive word for small, and is often associated with 'barely enough', often linking back to issues of individual pride and making do with less. I.E.: "She lives modestly with few luxuries, but they always have food on the table." If the point you're making is that this lack is bad, D is just a much clearer conveyor of that tone without muddying it up with 'modest'.
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D, most certainly. Modest is a more positive word for small, and is often associated with 'barely enough', often linking back to issues of individual pride and making do with less. I.E.: "She lives modestly with few luxuries, but they always have food on the table." If the point you're making is that this lack is bad, D is just a much clearer conveyor of that tone without muddying it up with 'modest'.
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D, most certainly. Modest is a more positive word for small, and is often associated with 'barely enough', often linking back to issues of individual pride and making do with less. I.E.: "She lives modestly with few luxuries, but they always have food on the table." If the point you're making is that this lack is bad, D is just a much clearer conveyor of that tone without muddying it up with 'modest'.
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Answer: d) weak
The previous sentence ends "demand is strong". Therefore "demand is weak" is a good way of saying the opposite.
"modest" is not a clear opposite to "strong". It has a nuance that demand is always small-medium in size, rather than varying between strong and weak. It also does not fit well with "business during the doldrums", given doldrums means stagnation or depression.
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Answer: d) weak
The previous sentence ends "demand is strong". Therefore "demand is weak" is a good way of saying the opposite.
"modest" is not a clear opposite to "strong". It has a nuance that demand is always small-medium in size, rather than varying between strong and weak. It also does not fit well with "business during the doldrums", given doldrums means stagnation or depression.
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Answer: d) weak
The previous sentence ends "demand is strong". Therefore "demand is weak" is a good way of saying the opposite.
"modest" is not a clear opposite to "strong". It has a nuance that demand is always small-medium in size, rather than varying between strong and weak. It also does not fit well with "business during the doldrums", given doldrums means stagnation or depression.
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Answer: d) weak
The previous sentence ends "demand is strong". Therefore "demand is weak" is a good way of saying the opposite.
"modest" is not a clear opposite to "strong". It has a nuance that demand is always small-medium in size, rather than varying between strong and weak. It also does not fit well with "business during the doldrums", given doldrums means stagnation or depression.
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doldrums is an allusion to sailing conditions of yesteryear in equatorial regions where calms would cause ships to come to a standstill, sometimes for weeks. The drivers are being (faintly) likened to sailors whose ships were making no progress because they lacked even a modest wind. Sailors stuck in a calm would be grateful for a modest wind. A modest wind would allow a sailing ship to make some progress. A business that is a "modest success" is not thriving, but neither is it close to failing. You want the word that implies "not enough to succeed", and the closest word there is weak.
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doldrums is an allusion to sailing conditions of yesteryear in equatorial regions where calms would cause ships to come to a standstill, sometimes for weeks. The drivers are being (faintly) likened to sailors whose ships were making no progress because they lacked even a modest wind. Sailors stuck in a calm would be grateful for a modest wind. A modest wind would allow a sailing ship to make some progress. A business that is a "modest success" is not thriving, but neither is it close to failing. You want the word that implies "not enough to succeed", and the closest word there is weak.
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doldrums is an allusion to sailing conditions of yesteryear in equatorial regions where calms would cause ships to come to a standstill, sometimes for weeks. The drivers are being (faintly) likened to sailors whose ships were making no progress because they lacked even a modest wind. Sailors stuck in a calm would be grateful for a modest wind. A modest wind would allow a sailing ship to make some progress. A business that is a "modest success" is not thriving, but neither is it close to failing. You want the word that implies "not enough to succeed", and the closest word there is weak.
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doldrums is an allusion to sailing conditions of yesteryear in equatorial regions where calms would cause ships to come to a standstill, sometimes for weeks. The drivers are being (faintly) likened to sailors whose ships were making no progress because they lacked even a modest wind. Sailors stuck in a calm would be grateful for a modest wind. A modest wind would allow a sailing ship to make some progress. A business that is a "modest success" is not thriving, but neither is it close to failing. You want the word that implies "not enough to succeed", and the closest word there is weak.
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It's a stupid exam question. Idiomatically, it's almost always when demand is weak (there aren't even enough hits for when demand is poor for that version to figure on the chart). But it's entirely a matter of opinion whether modest or poor is a "better" alternative (the others are just ridiculous). Note that those alternatives do have different nuances, though.
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