From the first day the store opened, writers, artists, and intellectuals were invited to sleep in the bookstore in various cots that are dotted around the place. These people, _____ as "tumbleweeds," have to promise to read a book a day, help at the shop for a few hours a day, and produce a one-page autobiography.
Acalled for
Bnamed after
Cassociated with
Dreferred to正確答案
答案與詳解
D
正確答案
本題測驗片語用法，「referred to as」意為「被稱為」，符合句意，故選D。
逐選項解析
Acalled for片語辨析✕ 錯誤
called for 意為「要求、需要」，與 as 搭配不合語意，無法表示「被稱為」。
Bnamed after片語辨析✕ 易錯陷阱
named after 意為「以……命名」，通常用於人或地點的命名由來，不符合此處「被稱為」的語意。
