GRE填空真题及答案解析：hamper

　　Some have argued that naming scientific discoveries after the people who make them can _____ scientific progress, because the nomenclature lacks useful clarity, having no relationship to the underlying principles that govern nature.

　　A. hamper

　　B. abet

　　C. instigate

　　D. obscure

　　E. nullify

　　F. impede

　　思考ING...

　　解析

　　解析：通过后文的lacks useful clarity和having no relationship to the underlying principle that govern nature得出空格要填入一个引起负评价的东西

　　正确答案选AF选项。hamper阻碍，impede阻碍。

　　翻译：一些人认为以发明者名字命名科学创造会阻止科学进步，因为这种与创造背后主旨无关的命名法既不实用也不明晰。