你的選項應該是錯誤的，因為meager前對應的字是thick
By Comparison(比較之下)，所以前後文應該相反之意，meager應該翻成thin稀薄的或稀
少的
但答案中都沒有選項，你的答案應該有誤
(以上內容由美加 蔡睿老師提供)
※ 引述《Diablotin (咕嚕咕嚕)》之銘言：
: Paragraph 5: The Jovian planets have very thick atmospheres consisting of
: varying amounts of hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammonia. By comparison,
: the terrestrial planets have [meager] atmospheres at best. A planet's ability
: to retain an atmosphere depends on its temperature and mass. Simply stated,
: a gas molecule can evaporate from a planet if it reaches a speed known as
: the escape velocity. For Earth, this velocity is 11 kilometers per second.
: Any material, including a rocket, must reach this speed before it can leave
: Earth and go into space. The Jovian planets, because of their greater masses
: and thus higher surface gravities, have higher escape velocities (21-60
: kilometers per second) than the terrestrial planets. Consequently, it is more
: difficult for gases to "evaporate" from them. Also, because the molecular
: motion of a gas depends on temperature, at the low temperatures of the Jovian
: planets even the lightest gases are unlikely to acquire the speed needed to
: escape. On the other hand, a comparatively warm body with a small surface
: gravity, like Earth's moon, is unable to hold even the heaviest gas and thus
: lacks an atmosphere. The slightly larger terrestrial planets Earth, Venus,
: and Mars retain some heavy gases like carbon dioxide, but even their
: atmospheres make up only an infinitesimally small portion of their total mass.
: 5. The word [meager] in the passage is closest in meaning to
: ○over time
: ○long ago
: ○simply
: ○certainly
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