第20题: [单项选择]"Our life is ______ away by detail. Simplify, simplify. " That dictum of Henry David Thoreau's, echoing from the days of steamboats and ox-drawn plows, had long haunted me. A. frittered B. quenched C. reproached D. scouted 参考答案:A 答案解析:[解析] 本题空格处是说我们的生命被琐碎的事情所消耗。短语fritter away的意思是“浪费,慢慢消耗”,因此A项为正确答案。其他三项“B项quenched结束,熄灭;C项reproached责备