请教一个gre填空,有不懂之处~UnlikemanyrecentinterpretationsofBeethoven'spianosonatas,therecitalist'sperformancewasadelightfullyfreeandintrospectiveone;nevertheless,itwasalso,seeminglyparadoxically,quite——.(A)appeal

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请教一个gre填空,有不懂之处~
Unlike many recent interpretations of Beethoven's piano sonatas,the recitalist's performance was a delightfully free and introspective one; nevertheless,it was also,seemingly paradoxically,quite ——.
(A) appealing
(B) exuberant
(C) idiosyncratic
(D) unskilled
(E) controlled
我知道答案选e,所填空应该与delightfully free and introspective one相反,可是我总感觉introspective相反才对,即与内省相反应该是活泼的exuberant,为什么丹丹根据一个free就选了control,我感觉free and introspective本来就是矛盾的,不知道怎么反义,

Answer 1

您对该题的判断是对的,的确是寻求一个反义.
但不是free的反义,而是free and introspective的反义.
free and introspective表达的是“发散和内敛”的意思,两个极端,但这里表达演奏高低起伏,游刃有余.
句子峰回路转,又说演奏过程是Controlled.也就是说演奏高低起伏的同时又不失约束.
您能理解我的意思么?
controlled对应的是一个词组,而不是free本身.
我表达能力有问题,给您举个例子：飞行表演,飞机忽高忽低（free and introspective）,但整个飞行过程都是完美的,每个飞行动作都很到位（Controlled）.